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A blow and a surprise to the British royal family. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced Wednesday that they were stepping back as senior members of the Royal Family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they will balance their time between the UK and North America. They’re perfectly at liberty to move away. But I think it’s… Read More

Air France is probing circumstances under which an individual managed to stowaway on a flight between the Ivorian capital Abidjan and the French capital Paris. The carrier confirmed that the body of the deceased was found in the landing gear compartment of a plane at the Charles de Gaulle international airport in Paris. “Air France confirms that the lifeless body… Read More

Denise Vicentin is gradually discovering what her new face will look like. This 53-year old Brazilian woman, lost an eye and a large part of her jaw to cancer. Today, she will look completely different thanks to a prosthesis whose model has been printed in 3D. ‘‘In places like bowling, I could feel the look in people’s eyes, and the… Read More

The Ugandan Revenue Authority, URA, on Wednesday (January 8) recorded a marvelous bust as a woman attempted to smuggle a baby full of banned cosmetics into the country. The baby in question was actually just the dress filled with cosmetic products and strapped to the back of the woman. URA said its officials in Mpondwe, a town located in Western… Read More

January 8, 2020: Miguna slams govt over forced Euro trip Kenya’s maverick politician, Miguna Miguna, says he has had to travel between five countries in a bid to return to his country of birth. The former ally of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga left Canada with the hope of flying to Kenya after over a year of forced exile. But… Read More

Liverpool winger Sadio Mane won his first African Footballer of the Year award. He becomes the second Senegalese to win the award after El-Hadji Diouf who also played for Liverpool. Mane beat Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah and Manchester City forward Riyad Mahrez to the continent’s biggest individual soccer prize – both contenders were absent at the ceremony. Congratulatory messages have… Read More

As part of our news analysis slot on Africanews, we will be updating a media watch page that deals with major issues of media ongoings across the continent. It will cut across happenings in mainstream and across social media with also a special eye for fake news. Ethiopia and Sudan kick start our media watch page. Security-related internet cut in… Read More

The death toll from a measles epidemic in Congo has surpassed 6,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday as it warned that more funds are needed to save lives during the world’s worst outbreak of the infectious disease. Measles has killed nearly three times as many people in Congo than an Ebola outbreak in the country that has garnered far… Read More

Ugandan police on Wednesday chased organizers of opposition “People Power Movement” as they undertook grounds preparation for political consultations by leader, Bobi Wine, real name Robert Kyagulanyi. The Daily Monitor reported that the coordinators went to venue of the meeting, the Grand Pacific Hotel in Lira town, but were chased away by police who had been deployed overnight to block… Read More

Oil prices recently rose sharply after the killing of a top Iranian general in Iraq.Analysts warned the action could escalate tensions in the region and affect global oil production. The price of Brent crude jumped by more than 3% and at one point hit $69.50 a barrel, the highest since September. However, The global benchmark for crude oil rose above… Read More