It is a North African country with Mediterranean coastline and Saharan desert interior. It is bordered by, among other countries, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, and Libya. Lining the hillside Casbah quarter is the Kachaoua Mosque with its narrow alleys and stairways. However, are these generally known facts about Algeria all the facts there are to know about the country? [...]
EgyptAir Crash: All Mapped Bodies Recovered From The Sea Floor
Mapped remaining bodies of the EgyptAir plane 'Flight MS804' that crashed into the Mediterranean on May has finally been recovered by a search vessel John Lethbridge belonging to Mauritius-based Deep Ocean Search. The search for the bodies of the victims of the EgyptAir Flight MS804 has been going on since the incident. The EgyptAir Flight MS804 crashed on Thursday 19 May [...]
Hackers Attempts To Siphon $24 Million From Uganda Central Bank
Government officials and hackers have unsuccessfully tried for the fourth time to siphon money from the largest budget holders in Uganda since July 2015 via Uganda central bank. The hackers targeted the accounts of the Defence, Energy, Agriculture ministries and the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). Bank of Uganda communications director Christine Alupo said: “The [...]
Stray Lion Injured An Elderly Man In Kenya
A male lion injured an elderly man in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after straying from a nearby national park. on Friday. According to Paul Udoto, spokesman for the Kenya Wildlife Service said the lion was later captured and returned to the park, the man was rushed to hospital and he is now in a stable condition. KWS, which manages the country's safari reserves including the [...]
South African Court Denies Pistorius Appeal To Girlfriend Murder Conviction
Oscar Pistorius Lawyers had applied for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South African but was denied on Thursday the right to appeal against his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Authorities had challenged Pistorius appeal on the grounds that the Supreme Court of Appeal had correctly found Pistorius guilty [...]
3 Dead Bodies Of Illegal Diamond Miners Found In Zimbabwe
Three dead illegal diamond miners bodies were discovered by the Zimbabweans police and they are searching for seven more people. The bodies were retrieved from a shaft in Marange owned by Diamond Mining Company, police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said. "We have had to call in our sub-aqua unit because the area is waterlogged. We understand there could be up to seven people [...]
Air Strike Targets Suspected Islamic State Convoy In Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Aircraft attacked a convoy carrying suspected Islamic State militants near the northwestern Libyan town of Bani Walid early on Sunday, an official said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack though both the United States and Libyan government forces have launched air strikes on jihadists in recent months. Three huge explosions rocked the area [...]
Zimbabweans Celebrates Robert Mugabe As He Turn 92 Years Today
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest leader, hosted a lavish public event in the southeastern city of Masvingo on Saturday to celebrate his 92nd birthday. Thousands of Zimbabweans are traveling to the celebration Saturday to feast on game and beef, in what has become an annual event at the historic Great Zimbabwe Monument, ruins of a historic settlement of [...]
Al-Shabaab’s Intelligence Head Killed By Kenyan Troops
Kenyan military said in a statement that Al Shabaab's intelligence head, Mahad Mohammed Karatey has been killed in an airstrike in Somalia. Karatey had gone to the camp to preside over the passing out of an estimated 80 Alamnyat recruits who had completed their training and were due for deployment, said Kenya Defense Forces Spokesman Colonel David Obonyo. Karatey, was [...]
Liberia President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Appoints Son As Central Bank Governor
Liberia's central bank board has elected the son of Nobel Peace Prize winning President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as its interim executive governor, bank sources said on Wednesday. Charles Sirleaf, formerly a deputy governor who has worked for the bank since 2004, will occupy the post for an undefined interim period. The previous head, Joseph Mills Jones, left to prepare his [...]
Cameroonian Troops Handover Boko Haram Members To Nigerian Unit
Nigerian army in a press statement released today commended their Cameroonian troops counterparts for capturing two suspected Boko Haram terrorists and handing them over to the Nigerian unit. The Cameroonian troops also rescued 8 men, 36 women and 68 children that were held captive by the terrorist. Read the press statement below... The cooperation with our neighbors have [...]
Meet Pastor Whose Legs Must Not Touch The Ground While Preaching
This Tanzanian pastor has brainwash his church members into believing that it is a taboo for his legs to touch the ground while preaching. An eyewitness shared the story and picture of the pastor on social media where he stood on top of three male members of his church while he was preaching. Every time the pastor want to preach in the church three able bodied male members [...]
Five Kenyan Police Killed After Truck Hits Explosive Device
Five Kenyan policemen were killed on Tuesday in the coastal county of Lamu after their truck hit an improvised explosive device planted on the road by Islamist militants al Shabaab, police sources and a local governor said. It was the latest in a series of attacks near Kenya's border with Somalia. Al Shabaab took credit for the attack but said it had killed eight Kenyan [...]
Top 15 Richest Ghana Actors/Actresses And Their Net Worth
Richest Ghana actors/actresses, this is the list of Ghanaian actors and actresses that have make name and money for themselves in Ghanaian entertainment industry. Ghana movie industry now known as Ghollywood is fast becoming a force to reckon with in Africa and in the world. SEE ALSO: Top 20 Richest Nigerian Nollywood Actresses And Their Net Worth List Of 15 Richest Ghana [...]
Africa Educational System, Enough Of The Mediocre!
Africa educational system the last may not have been heard about Africa as one of the continents in the world, and definitely is not going to be heard because the nation is poised to continue without letting up in making and discovering things that were erstwhile solely Westerners. The continent has refused to remain an under dog for all times as most countries in Africa are [...]
Ghana Traditional Marriage Rites And Requirements
Ghana traditional marriage rites and requirements is a nice topic to talk about and it is so extensive that almost everything in it finds a way to complement the other. While it is true that many things has changed drastically in Ghana traditional marriage over the years, the interesting things like being proposed to dozens of times if you are a lady before being married is [...]
Marriage In Ghana – See All The Rites And Requirements
Traditional Marriage in Ghana, the rites and requirements, marriages being a world wide affair in which the Blacks and the Whites embark on interchangeably not minding the distances, languages, and cultural differences provided the love is there. We want to see how it's practiced in Ghana and what it takes to marry from there, especially if you are a non Ghanaian but is [...]
Top 10 Best African Songs Of All Times
This is the continuation of Top 20 best African songs of all time. This best African songs are worthy to be on this list for so many reasons, they have all the key elements and melody and have thrilled the continent for years. They are record breakers and chat toppers of their time. When you hear this great songs, you can't help but wait to listen. List Of Top 10 Best African [...]
African Songs: Top 20 Best African Songs Of All Time
Africa songs which are been promoted by different indigenous musics and dances. Africa is a great and beautiful continent made up of people of different region with different culture and tradition. African songs has different styles and rhythm depending on the region. Most African Songs narrate the activities/culture of a particular region or country, most time it goes as far [...]
How Cameroon Women Uses Hot Woods To Iron Young Girls Breasts
Cameroonian women uses hot irons and stones to flatten the breast of young girls who have started to show signs of puberty. This brutal tradition they practice in Cameroon, is to make little girls body less attractive to men and to protect them from Boko Haram’s brutal jihadists. This brutality on little girls in Cameroon has been happening for years now. According to Grace [...]
Kenyan Security Agencies Foils Plan Of Two Men To Bomb Nairobi
Kenyan security agencies has foiled a plan of two men to bomb the capital Nairobi, the men are connected to an Iranian intelligence network. The two men 69-year-old Abubakr Sadiq Louw and 25-year-old Yassin Sambair Juma, have been arrested by the Kenyan security agents. A statement by the ministry described Louw as a "senior figure" in the city's Shia Muslim community, [...]
Richest Musician: Who Is The Richest Musician In Africa?
Who is the richest musician in Africa right now and how much is the net worth? Africa have produced beautiful and talented musicians over the years and will continue to produce some of the world's best in music. When it comes to African richest musicians, there is no controversy as to who is the richest. Below are the top 3 richest musicians in Africa right now and their net [...]
Mugabe Sacks Defence Chief For Staring At His Wife’s Big Booty
The longest serving African President Mugabe allegedly fired his chief of defence staff for being too close to his wife and staring at her "butt" when she bend to sit down in a close contact discussion in an event. Mugabe takes no shit when it comes to protecting anything called his own. Go through the following photos and see the extent he could go to do that. The [...]
Capital Of Africa – List Of Countries In Africa And Their Capitals
Your are searching for "Capital of Africa" on the net? Here you are! But your search may not yield you the expected result because Africa is not a country. Africa is one of the seven continents of the world and is made up of 54 different countries. Africa is the 2nd largest continent on the planet and the second most-populous continent in the world after Asia. As you can [...]
The World Trade Center Complex To Open In Abuja In 2016
Nigeria will soon complete the first phase of construction for it new World Trade Center complex in Abuja, and it will open next year. The World Trade Center Abuja comprises residential and commercial towers and will have businesses of various sizes, with offices ranging from 100 to 1,440 square meters. It designed to to change the way the elite experience luxury living, the [...]
Nigerian Envoy To South Africa Recalled Over Xenophobia
South Africa Acting High Commissioner, Martin Cobham and Deputy High Commissioner, Uche Ajulu-Okeke, had been asked to return to Nigeria for consultations, a statement by the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. “The invitation is in connection with the on-going xenophobia in South Africa targeting foreigners, mainly African migrants,” the statement said. Seven people have been [...]
Zambian President, Edgar Lungu Collapses At The Women Day Event
Zambian President Edgar Lungu collapsed on the podium while presiding over a Women's Day celebration in Lusaka on Sunday -- less than two months after the 58-year-old took over from a leader who died in office. His spokesperson Amos Chanda said the Head of State has been diagnosed with malaria but he did not say if the diagnosis was before or after the collapsing. In Zambia [...]