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The technology world was recently rocked by news that the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos was hacked by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) The news had immense applications for ordinary people like you and I because the hack happened on the popular messaging application, WhatsApp. The story goes that Bezos and MBS met in the… Read More

Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party on Monday called for electoral reforms, saying the country’s constitution must be amended to guarantee the independence of the electoral commision. The country’s commitment to democratic practices was also questioned by Sweden who on Monday said it would reduce aid ahead of a general election later this year. President John Magufuli’s long-ruling CCM party won… Read More

Fifa tries to lure CAF to change the trend of the Afcon competition, A proposal by Infantino holds that the competition should be played every four years instead of the biannual trend. Quarter finalists of this year’s CAF inter club competitions are now known as Esperance of Tunis vies for a third title in a bounce. We take you to… Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the leader of Sudan on Monday and said they began talks on normalization, a major diplomatic breakthrough with an Arab and African state two days after the Arab League rejected a U.S. Mideast initiative that heavily favors Israel. Sudan is a longtime member of the Arab League and joined other members in rejecting… Read More

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Ahead of Cameroon’s legislative and municipal elections scheduled for February 9, the country’s ruling party held a meeting under a heavy police presence with fear of secessionist attacks. It was held in Buea, the capital of the English speaking southwest region where separatists recently declared the upcoming elections illegal and announced a six-day “lockdown”. Parliamentary and local elections have been… Read More

The first African known to have contracted the deadly coronavirus is a Cameroonian student in China. The university where he studies confirmed the situation in a statement. According to Yangtze University, the 21-year-old was being treated in hospital in southern Jingzhou city. The statement said he had gotten the disease whiles visiting the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province.… Read More

The United States has invited the head of Sudan’s sovereign council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to Washington, as the two countries forge stronger bilateral ties following decades of hostility. Sudan’s civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok visited Washington last month, and Burhan will be one of few African leaders that have been invited to discuss bilateral ties with Donald Trump’s administration.… Read More

Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Monday nullified the results of last year’s presidential election, citing “widespread, systematic and grave” irregularities including significant use of correction fluid to alter the outcome. The two leading opposition candidates had challenged the narrow election win of President Peter Mutharika, alleging that irregularities affected over 1.4 million of the total 5.1 million votes cast. ‘‘We consider… Read More

A bad injury forced Christ Kibeloh to quit his career as a footballer. At 21, Kibeloh was already featuring for the Congolese national team. But a long term injury ended all that. Feeling dejected and confused, Kibeloh turned to writing. His first novel, ‘Rayane l’orphelin’ won him the Young Author Prize in 2017 by the Arcachon Basin Academy. Cedric Sehossolo… Read More