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Ghana seizes ‘faulty Chinese condoms’

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

More than 110 million Chinese-made condoms have been seized in Ghana after laboratory tests revealed they were faulty, Ghanaian officials have said. “There are holes

Man charged over Nigeria Christmas church bomb that killed 37

YoopyaApr 19, 2013December 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Nigerian authorities charged a man on Friday with masterminding a 2011 Christmas Day bomb attack on a Catholic church in the capital that

Senegal’s Karim Wade charged with corruption

YoopyaApr 18, 2013November 10, 20240

The son of Senegal’s former President Abdoulaye Wade is in police custody after being charged with corruption in connection with his personal fortune. Karim Wade

Nigeria Boko Haram amnesty bid gets president’s backing

YoopyaApr 18, 2013November 10, 20240

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a new committee to look at how an amnesty for the Islamist group, Boko Haram, can be implemented.

Egypt’s Mubarak moved to prison from army hospital: MENA

YoopyaApr 18, 2013November 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak was transferred back to prison from an army hospital on Thursday after he appeared fitter at his aborted

Kenya children buried in landslide after heavy rain

YoopyaApr 17, 20130

Two children have been trapped in their home after a landslide in western Kenya, police have told the BBC. They were asleep in a village

Ivory Coast wants drones to monitor Liberia border

YoopyaApr 17, 2013May 27, 20230

Ivory Coast has asked the United Nations for drones to monitor its border with Liberia. The country’s UN envoy believes drones are needed to make

Zanzibari singer Bi Kidude dies

YoopyaApr 17, 2013May 27, 20230

Thought to be more than 100 years old, she was a legendary performer of Taarab, a style of Swahili Arab-influenced music. In 2005, she was

Police detain son of Senegal ex-president on graft charges

YoopyaApr 16, 2013January 4, 20250

(Reuters) – Senegalese police on Monday arrested Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade, on suspicion of illegally amassing some $1.4 billion during

Death toll from Somalia bombings rises to at least 30: medic

YoopyaApr 15, 2013January 4, 20250

(Reuters) – The death toll from a wave of coordinated suicide bombings and shootings in the Somali capital on Sunday rose to at least 30,