Tokyo 2020: Black Bombers presents Golden Tree Chocolates to the Japanese team
The national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers of Ghana on Tuesday, presented Golden Tree Chocolates and stoles designed in national colours to their counterparts in the Japanese team. Led by their Head Coach Akwasi Ofori Asare the Bombers made the presentation after they had sparred with them in Inawashiro on Monday. According to Coach […]
Nigeria kidnap: Gunmen seize 140 schoolchildren in Kaduna state
Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped at least 140 schoolchildren in the north-west of the country, police say. At least eight people were also abducted from the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning. Two nurses and a 12-month-old child were among those seized, said a hospital worker. There has been a […]
Two charged with murder of Uganda minister’s daughter and driver
A magistrate’s court in Uganda has charged two men with the murderers of the daughter and driver of the country’s Transport Minister Edward Katumba Wamala in June. A 38-year-old motorcycle rider and a 46-year-old herbalist have been charged for the shooting and murder of Brenda Nantongo Wamala and Sgt Haruna Kayondo, the minister’s driver. They […]
Australia Covid: Outbreaks emerge across country in ‘new phase’ of pandemic
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has met national leaders for emergency talks on how to tackle a spike in Covid-19 infections. An outbreak in Sydney linked to the highly contagious Delta variant has grown to 128 cases. Cases have also been recorded in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia. Officials say it is a […]