Africa Archive

A ban on plastic carrier bags has come into force in Kenya, which means that from Monday anyone found selling, manufacturing or carrying them could face fines of up to $38,000 or prison sentences of up to four years. The government

Turkish Airlines yesterday morning transported 800 Sierra Leone Pilgrims to this year’s Hajj and to commence arrangements for the setting up of offices in Freetown in preparation for its inaugural scheduled flight to Sierra Leone on December 15th, 2017. The Vice

The Madina Divisional Police Command on Friday arrested twenty six people suspected to be engaged in cyber crime. The suspects, whose ages range from 19 to 35 were picked up at Zoomlion, a suburb of Ashale Botwe near Madina in the

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has given his first address since returning to the country on Saturday after three months medical leave in the UK. He made no reference to his health. The president called for unity in Nigeria, and said he

Some Nigerians living in Sowutuom, a suburb in the Greater Accra region, have fled the area after a Nigerian stabbed a Ghanaian to death in the community. Following the tragic incident, there have been reports of reprisal attacks by some Ghanaian