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Gabon military officers declare coup after Ali Bongo wins disputed election A group of senior military officers have announced a coup in Gabon following the country’s presidential election result. They appeared on the national TV channel Gabon 24 declaring they were seizing power following President Ali Bongo’s victory. Nearly a dozen soldiers said they represented all security and defence forces …

Pictures of Achraf Hikimi as he arrives at the training with car, earpiece, phone and shoes bought for him by his mother. According to trending reports online, PSG Star Achraf Hakimi’s wife Hiba Abouk has filed for divorce from the football star for yet-to-be-identified reasons. Apparently, Hiba wanted more than half of the Moroccan footballer’s property and fortune. But unfortunately …

The Ghanaian Tik Tok sensation, Ahuofe Abrantie, popularly known as Tupac, is reportedly dead. Ahoufe died in his Kumasi apartment on Thursday. However, details of his death are still sketchy. Confirming his death, popular Kumasi-rapper, Jay Bhad of Asakaa Boys fame shared a video of Ahuofe, with a cryptic caption reading, “Life too short, rest well Ahuofe, you gone (sic) …

Africa is on the move as South Sudan’s first female pilot Aluel Bol Aluenge has risen to the position of captain with major American airline company Delta Air Lines after working with Ethiopian Airlines and FlyDubai. 34-year-old Aluel Bol was celebrated in 2011 subsequent to finishing an aeronautics training in the United States with the help of the South Sudanese government. “I …

The father of France striker Kylian Mbappe has recounted the events that led to his son being forced to play for “Les Blues” rather than Cameroon. The father blamed the Cameroonian Football Association for the corruption. Despite being born in Paris to a Cameroonian father named Wilfried and an Algerian mother, Mbappe attempted to play Senior National Team Football for …

Kisembo was killed in 2011 by the Congolese army after he tried to form a rebellion against the national armed forces of the country. There has been confusion in Kinshasa after Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi named a dead commander to a new role in the ongoing military reforms. A presidential decree read out on national television (RTNC), …

DP William Ruto on Monday officially declared the winner of a bitterly disputed election in Kenya. General elections were held in Kenya on 9 August 2022. Voters elected the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate, county governors of Kenya and members of the 47 county assemblies of Kenya. General elections in Kenya are held every five years.

Zimbabwe has introduced gold coins that are accepted as currency there. Zimbabweans will purchase the Mosi-oa-Tunya coins to trade both home and internationally. The coin is convertible to cash due to its “liquid asset character.” “The government is trying to moderate the very high demand for the US dollar because this high demand is not being matched by supply,” says …

A Chinese man was charged with child trafficking on Monday after appearing in a BBC program in which he allegedly filmed Malawian youngsters using racial slurs to make fun of themselves. According to CNN, the individual, known as Lu Ke, came before a magistrate’s court in the country’s capital city of Lilongwe. The Malawi Police Service’s deputy spokesperson, Harry Namwaza, …

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to step down on 13 July after protesters stormed his official residence and set the prime minister’s house on fire. On Saturday 9 July, 2022, thousands of protesters stormed presidential palace and video footage showed some of them splashing in the swimming pool, while others sat on a four-poster bed and sofas. The …