Swazi schools teach Christianity exclusively

Swaziland’s government’s  ordered schools to teach only Christianity. Other religious groups has slammed this saying it fuels intolerance. Swazi schools opened for their new year this week with new text books mentioning only the Bible. Schools are obliged to submit their religious studies syllabi at the start of each term to show they contain no […]

Carbomb and gun attacks on Somali hotel leave 10 dead

Islamist terror group Al Shabaab’s claimed responsibility for the attack on a Somali hotel that left at least ten people dead and more than 50 wounded. The attack involved to car bombs and gunmen who fired on the hotel guests. The terrorists targeted the Dayah hotel which accommodates a number of Somali members of parliament. […]

Nigeria probes why Big Brother is being shot in South Africa

The Nigerian government is investigating why the reality TV series Big Brother Nigeria, re-launched on Big Brother Naija, is being shot in South Africa. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is to investigate why the event could not be produced in Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed’s asked the NBC to determine whether Multi-Choice […]

Africa under attack from bogus medication traffickers

More than 113 million bogus antimalarial, anti inflammatory and antibiotic tablets bound for Africa were seized by the World Customs Authority  over a fortnight last September. The full extent of medication trafficking to Africa – which is 20 times more profitable that the narcotics trade – has not been determined. Since 2012, the World Customs […]

Jammeh’s departure from Gambia is an African success story

By Jean-Jacques Cornish The bloodless and belated departure of Yayha Jammeh after he lost an election in Gambia is an undoubted African success story. Even the light-fingered denouement – with Jammeh taking $11 million from the state coffers into exile with him – has not taken the icing off the cake. That decorative delicacy was […]

Adama Barrow due to go home to Gambia tomorrow

Officials in Gambia new government say President Adama Barrow will go home from neighboring Senegal tomorrow. This means he arrive back in Gambia week after being inaugurated at his country’s embassy in Senegal, where he had been sheltering for his safety. Adama Barrow will have to hit the ground running as Gambia’s new president. He […]