My daughter’s disappearance has been like a horror movie
Gabriella Sokari Tolofari, was four years old when she got missing. She would have been five this year.
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‘Tortured’ and shackled pupils freed from Nigerian Islamic school
Police in northern Nigeria have freed 67 people who had been found shackled at an Islamic boarding school, officials say.
The pupils, between the ages of seven and 40, told police they had been tortured and abused.
African Doctor finds cure for Ebola
Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe, a medical practitioner in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has reportedly discovered a cure for Ebola.
Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum was part of the research team that investigated the first known outbreak of…
The first Ugandan female aeronomical engineer to lead UNAIDS
Ugandan Winnie Byanyima, the head of the UK charity Oxfam and the first female Ugandan female aeronomical engineer has been appointed the new Executive Director of UNAids.
The UNAIDS chief said “Ms. Byanyima brings a wealth of experience…
Abdula Libenge’s holiday camp dream for his child turns to be a ‘journey of no return’
Abdula Libenge, a 34-year-old tailor, who happens to be the father of one of four families who sent his child in May 2015 to Kinshasa, the capital of Dr. Congo on what he thought was a holiday camp but the child was taken to Belgium and…
80-year old woman no longer has to survive on one old age pension
Nothembinkosi Nontsasa, an 80-year-old woman who has been finding difficulties in taking care of her six-member family with her old age pension in two crumbling one-roomed mud houses in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Her children could not…
Renowned Pastor rejects Landcruiser and GH¢30k gift from Sakawa boys
A pastor has set a good example for his younger ones and congregation by rejecting a Landcruiser vehicle and amount equivalence of GH¢30,000 from alleged cyber fraudsters otherwise known as Sakawa boys who approached him for prayer in order…
Two female university students win Presidential Pitch prize with unique women-health product
Two female students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) – Matilda Asantewaa Sampong and Emilee Otoo Quayson, have received GH¢60,000 as investment package for emerging winners of Presidential Pitch Season 2.…
JS Ondara: The Kenyan rising star singing about life in Trump’s America
Modest and quietly spoken but with a penchant for the nattiest threads this side of the Tana River, JS Ondara has, in the space of several years, moved to America, taught himself how to play guitar, released an album with Decca Records and…
These electric cars made in Africa will take over the world
The continent of Africa is urbanizing faster than any other. With this growing urban population straining existing infrastructure, fuel is also becoming more and more expensive and even limited, adding up to pollution.
Already,…