Stephanie Busari
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Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio sworn in hours after election win
Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio was sworn into a second term on Tuesday, just hours after the country’s electoral authority certified his victory at the polls over the protests of rivals. → Read More
Sierra Leone’s president takes early lead in tense election race
Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio has taken an early lead in the country’s presidential election, provisional results showed. → Read More
Tensions mount as Sierra Leone prepares for high-stakes elections
Sierra Leone is gearing up for crucial presidential elections on Saturday amid growing discontent and calls for change from its citizens. → Read More
Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey confirmed as new world record holder for longest cooking marathon
Sensational Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has been confirmed as the new world record holder for the longest cooking marathon after cooking nonstop for 93 hours, the Guinness world record committee said Tuesday. → Read More
‘Is my mum dead or not?’: Son fears mother may be among Kenya starvation cult victims
Rodgers Shibutse noticed that his mum was captivated by televangelist Paul Mackenzie. Four years later, she had sold all her belongings – including his and joined the preacher at his Malindi church in eastern Kenya. → Read More
Senegalese opposition leader jailed for two years for ‘corrupting youth’
Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been sentenced to two years in prison for “corrupting youth,” according to state media. → Read More
Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu sworn in as president, facing divided nation and economic woes
Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn into office Monday, against the backdrop of a fractured nation, an ailing economy and spiraling insecurity. → Read More
Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey cooks for 100 hours in world record attempt
Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has become a national sensation after cooking nonstop for 100 hours, in an attempt to set a world record. → Read More
‘Weak and traumatized’ survivors found as 89 bodies recovered in Kenya starvation cult case
Police have now recovered 89 bodies from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, believed to be linked to a cult that allegedly encouraged its followers to starve themselves to gain salvation, the country's government said. → Read More
58 bodies recovered in Kenya starvation cult case
Kenyan police Monday have exhumed dozens of bodies from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya linked to a religious cult whose followers allegedly starved themselves to get to heaven. → Read More
Uganda's President Museveni to return anti-LGBTQ+ bill to parliament
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni does not oppose a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill and plans to finalize it next week, Uganda's ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), said on Thursday. → Read More
Murder charge dropped against co-defendant in case of killer accused of faking his own death in South Africa
South African prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against Zolile Sekeleni, the father of the girlfriend of high-profile convicted murderer Thabo Bester, who is accused of escaping from a South African prison after faking his own death in a fire, officials told CNN Monday. → Read More
Nigerians go to the polls in tense presidential election
Nigerians are going to the polls for a crucial presidential vote that will see the country's next leader elected. The hotly contested poll is being held simultaneously with voting for representatives for the country's parliament. → Read More
Nigeria is about to hold Africa’s largest democratic exercise. Here’s what to know about its presidential election
Nigerians will head to the polls Saturday in a fiercely-contested presidential vote that analysts say is too close to call. → Read More
They fled a Boko Haram massacre. Now, after years in refugee camps, families return to rebuild their lives
It is a sight Ya Lewa Aji says she can never forget: a baby strapped to her mother's back, shot dead while the mother lay lifeless on the floor. Now, after nearly a decade living in refugee camps, Aji has returned to the land of her birth. → Read More
'She sat for him 12 times': The Nigerian artist who made a bronze sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II
The year was 1956, and there was much fanfare and anticipation for Queen Elizabeth's first visit to Nigeria. → Read More
Cloud of colonialism hangs over Queen Elizabeth’s legacy in Africa
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted an outpouring of reflection and reaction online. But not all was grief -- some young Africans instead are sharing images and stories of their own elders, who endured a brutal period of British colonial history during the Queen's long reign. → Read More
Angola's ruling party extends 47-year streak with election win
Angolan President João Lourenço has secured another five year term in the country's most competitive election in its democratic history, according to results issued by the country's electoral commission. → Read More
Who is Kenya’s new President-elect William Ruto?
William Ruto has emerged the winner of a tense and fiercely fought contest for Kenya's presidency, but who is the man who will lead east Africa's largest economy? → Read More
Russia tries to blame West for food shortages as Lavrov rallies support on Africa tour
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Republic of Congo, the second stop on his Africa tour where he is aiming to seek support amid global anger over food shortages following Moscow's blockade of vital Ukrainian ports. → Read More