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More than 100 people have so far been confirmed dead after a Tanzanian ferry, MV Nyerere capsized in Lake Victoria on Thursday. Tanzania's State radio TBC Taifa on Friday reported that hundreds of others who were in the ill-fated ferry are still missing even as search and rescue operations continue…

South African schools are set to begin teaching Kiswahili following the country's government approval. South Africa's Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga on Monday announced that Kiswahili has been approved as the second language to be offered to students in public, private and independent…

United States First Lady Melania Trump has announced she will be touring Africa in October. Her trip to the continent was announced in a statement on Tuesday and is set to be her first major solo tour since becoming First Lady early last year. “This will be my first time traveling to Africa and I…

Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has passed away. In a statement, the Kofi Annan Foundation said the diplomat died in Switzerland on Saturday morning after a short illness. “It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan,…

An airline worker stole an empty aircraft from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the US and flew it for about one hour before crashing in a wooded area 40 miles away. The airport officials said the Horizon Air employee flew the 76-seater aircraft from the airport without authorization at…

Renowned World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star Kane, born Glenn Jacobs, has been elected as mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. Kane, who made his name playing as Undertaker’s half-brother in the ring, garnered two-thirds of the vote in Knox County, trouncing Democrat Linda Haney. The 51-year-old…

A court in Uganda has upheld a constitutional change that removed presidential age limit, allowing President Yoweri Museveni to run for a sixth term. The country's constitutional court lifted the age gap set for presidential contenders after a majority of the judges voted in favor. In its ruling,…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' net worth has hit $150 billion, becoming world's richest man in modern history. Bezos's fortune is $55 billion more than second placed Bill Gates of Microsoft, Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows. Gates' fortune reached $100 billion mark in 1999 at the height of the dot-…

Former United States President Barack Obama has named Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o as one of his best African writers. Obama, in a Facebook post on Friday described Ngugi's book "A Grain of Wheat" as compelling. “Over the years… I’ve often drawn inspiration from Africa’s extraordinary literary…

The US government has maintained that it will continue to detain children and parents found entering the country illegally. In a court filing on Friday, the Trump administration said it has the right to incarcerate children and parents for the period of their immigration proceedings. A 1997 court…