Entertainment
Uganda: Tourism Minister Sparks Controversy over Curvy Women Contest
Tanzania: Rayvanny and Diamond Platnumz Team Up to Release Their 4th Collabo ‘Tetema’
USA: Cosby’s wife, children haven’t seen him in prison
Zimbabwe: Music Legend Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi Dead At 66
Legendary Sade Adu Turns 60 Today
Nigeria: Tourism experts laud One Lagos Fiesta initiative
Sports
Nigeria: Eagles Drop Two Places in First FIFA Rankings of 2019
Nigeria: 23-year-old designed a special edition jersey with Nike
Ghana: Journalist Who Exposed Soccer Corruption Shot Dead
Nigeria: Obasanjo commissions Stephen Keshi Stadium
Ethiopia: Feyisa Lilesa, Rio Olympic Protester Returns from Exile
Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman buying Manchester United, despite journalist death
Education
Tunisia: Teachers Protest for Higher Wages, Better Work Conditions
Zimbabwe: Teachers strike patchy as reprisals feared
UN: In Nigeria More Than 13 Million School-age Children Out of School
Liberia: Government investigates US-backed charity after alleged rapes
South Africa: Schools to Teach Kiswahili in 2020
Malawi: Melania Donates $1.4m in Books to Struggling Schools
Business
Rwanda: 28 Year-Old Entrepreneur Woos Drinkers with Beetroot Wine
Nigeria: Zenith Bank founder shares business success tips
Kenya: Taxi Drivers Create New Ride Hailing App
Senegal: Merkel Arrives in West Africa for Visit Focusing on Business, Migrants
Nigeria: Industrial Council takes steps to improve business environment
Kenya: Investors Fight General Electric Plan to Buy Coal Plant
Economy
USA: Economic Fallout Mounts as Government #TrumpShutdown Continues
Kenya: Government Faces Backlash After Chinese Contract Leaks
Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa in Russia to Seek Loans
USA: Trump boasted of stock market gains, now tweets cause drops
Nigeria: Buhari Presents 2019 Budget to Raucous Lawmakers
Nigerian Governor: Buhari Says Economy in ‘Bad Shape’
Health
Nigeria: Health Care Spending Lags Behind Abuja Declaration
Sierra Leone: FGM Engenders Sharp Cultural Divide
Senegal: Grandmothers helping to banish female genital circumcision
Nigeria: NAFDAC to clampdown on unregistered table water producers in Niger State
Malawi: Activists Seek to End Sex in Girls’ Initiation Ceremony
Rwanda: Sale of skin-lightening products banned
Agriculture
South Africa Denies Plan to Seize White Farmers’ Land
Technology: With Sensors and Apps, Young African Coders Compete to Curb Hunger
Ghana: Importation of Tilapia fish banned
USA: Farmers brace for impact of trade war, soy at one-year low
Nigeria: Govt to Shut Borders to Stop Rice Smuggling
Ivory Coast becoming Africa’s bread basket – Experts
Human Rights
The Hague: Nigerian widows sue Shell for complicity in activist deaths
African Union: Egypt’s el-Sissi Elected New Chairman
Uganda: Bobi Wine’s Nonviolent Resistance Echoes America’s Civil Rights Struggle
Sudan: Police fire tear gas at demonstrators
Angola decriminalizes homosexuality
ICC: Former Ivory Coast president must remain jailed
Celebrities
Tanzania: Rayvanny and Diamond Platnumz Team Up to Release Their 4th Collabo ‘Tetema’
USA: Cosby’s wife, children haven’t seen him in prison
Zimbabwe: Music Legend Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi Dead At 66
Legendary Sade Adu Turns 60 Today
South Africa: Muggings marred charity concert by Beyonce, Jay-Z and other stars
