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The National Chief Imam Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has called for immediate auditing of activities of the Hajj Board. The call comes in the wake of a demand by the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for

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