Author: Damilola Ayomide

The rise in new COVID-19 cases has led the Kenyan government to impose a new lockdown measure. This has also made President Uhuru Kenyatta announce a ban on all inland travel in the capital Nairobi and out four other counties. He made this known on Friday in the wake of the country’s positivity rate rising […]

Skin bleaching products in Gambia remain banned. This is following a debate and vote by the lawmakers in parliament. According to experts, skin-lightening or bleaching agents, especially unauthorised ones, may cause multiple health risks such as scarring, blistering, nerve and bone damage. Many have also argued that the practice is one of the negative effects […]

UNICEF has stated that nearly one-third of Nigerian children do not have access to enough water. This report issued on Monday calls for urgent measures to address the problem. In a statement to mark World Water Day, UNICEF said more than 1.42 billion people, live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability in […]

François Bozizé has become the new rebel leader in the Central African Republic as he takes over the leadership of the CPC, the Coalition of Patriots for Change. CPC spokesman, Serge Bozanga on Saturday said the former head of state had responded favourably to the “call” of the six-armed groups that are members of the […]

Hamza Nasri, a young Tunisian activist, who took to the streets as part of anti-government protests in recent months is afraid for his friends as he says he is now under police watch. “I’ve moved house three times in recent months. I’ve stopped going to see certain friends so I don’t put them in danger,” […]

Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in on Friday as Tanzania’s first female president. This is after the sudden death of late President John Magufuli from an illness unknown to the public. The 61-year-old, dressed in a black suit and red headscarf, took the oath of office in Dar es Salaam before inspecting troops at […]

Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, is dead. The leader popularly known as the ‘Bulldozer’ passed on Wednesday, March 17th. At the time of Magufuli’s death, he was 61. He was quite controversial for his denial of the coronavirus pandemic. His death comes only five months after he won a second term in a disputed election. He […]

Kenya’s High Court has voted in favour of the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) on Tuesday. This is after a petition was filed by a female doctor to legalise it. In Kenya, four million girls and women have undergone FGM, the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. […]

Children as young as 11 are being beheaded by Islamist (Isis-linked) militants in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado. This is according to the new report from the aid agency, Save the Children. The armed groups, locally known as al-Shabab (“young people” in Arabic), have been perpetrating terror for more than three years in the […]