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Zimbabwean police are searching for nine senior officials of the opposition MDC Alliance for allegedly inciting their supporters to stage an illegal demonstration last Wednesday, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports. The search for the nine is the latest fallout from last

Nigerian lawmakers were temporarily blocked from entering parliament in Abuja by armed men, some of whom were masked, reports Reuters news agency. Witnesses told Reuters that the security agents, wearing the black uniform of the Department of State Security, allowed lawmakers

The jailed former first lady of Ivory Coast, Simone Gbagbo, has been granted an amnesty by President Alassane Ouattara. She’s among about 800 people being pardoned. Mr Ouattara said most had been prosecuted or sentenced for offences connected to the violence

Police in Nkrukan in the Eastern Region has impounded huge quantities of compressed dried leaves suspected to be marijuana. The compressed slabs of the suspected marijuana were concealed in dried pieces of cassava (Kokonte) hidden in two mini sacks en route

A 46-year-old illegal miner, Kwasi Antwi has been found dead in a mining pit at Akanteng in the West Akyem district of the Eastern region. The body of the deceased has been retrieved and deposited at the Morgue of St. Dominic

The Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has been asked to resign by President Nana Akufo-Addo over the controversial Novation and amendment AMERI deal, Starrfmonline.com has gathered. Sources within the Jubilee House have told Starrfmonline.com that the Energy Minister has been given a

The future of every nation depends on the kind of education given to her children, a nation’s history and culture and above all their national philosophy which characterizes their struggle in every field of life are transferred into her generations through

Saudi Arabia has said it is freezing all new trade and investment with Canada over its “interference” in the Gulf Kingdom’s internal affairs. In a series of tweets, the Saudi foreign ministry said it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and recalling