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South African Mother Found Guilty Of Selling 6-year-old Daughter

Human trafficking: South African mother found guilty of selling her 6-year-old daughter
Racquel “Kelly” Smith, a South African, was convicted of abducting and trafficking her daughter, Joshlin Smith, who was six years old. On Friday, May 2, 2025, Racquel, her partner Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, and their friend Steveno “Steffie” van Rhyn were found guilty in the Western Cape High Court. Judge Nathan Erasmus declared, “The State was successful in establishing Mr. Appollis, van Rhyn, and Ms. Smith’s guilt on the principal counts.” “First of all, you are guilty of the crime of human trafficking. You are guilty of kidnapping, which is count two. Joshlin Smith was judged to have been robbed ofRead More

Protest As Gambian Parliament Moves To Lift Ban On Female Circumcision

Protest As Gambian Parliament Moves To Lift Ban On Female Circumcision
The Gambian parliament has moved to repeal the Act prohibiting female circumcision. A bill to that effect, sponsored by a member of parliament, Almameh Gibba, passed the second reading afterRead More

World Bank: Conflict, Major Driver Of Food Insecurity In Nigeria, Others

World Bank
The World Bank has identified conflict as one of the critical drivers of food insecurity in West Africa, especially in the north-western part of Nigeria and the Liptako Gourma region,Read More

Ruto Wins Kenya’s Election, Buhari Salutes President-elect

William Ruto
Kenya’s electoral commission yesterday declared the deputy president, William Ruto, winner of the country’s presidential election. Ruto polled 50.49 per cent of the total votes cast (7,176,141) to defeat hisRead More

Report: Why Europe’s Rush For Africa’s Gas Smacks Of Hypocrisy

Gas plant
Europe’s growing pressure on Nigeria and a handful of other African countries to produce more gas for export, while declining to fund such projects citing carbon emission reasons has hypocrisyRead More

WHO Reports First Two Cases Of Marburg Virus Disease In Ghana

World Health Organisation (WHO)
Nigeria records 880 fresh COVID-19 cases The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported two suspected cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Ghana. If confirmed, the two cases would beRead More

West African Leaders Lift Economic, Financial Sanctions On Mali, Burkina Faso

Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed a 24-month transition to democracyRead More

FG: $60bn Needed To Aid Access To Reliable Electricity, Clean Cooking Facilities In Eight Years

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva
Says PIA capable of provoking, triggering commercial interests, investments in gas utilisation The federal government yesterday stated that Sub-Saharan Africa could require as much as $60 billion to access reliableRead More

IMF: 20 Sub-Saharan African Countries In Debt Distress, High Risk Of Debt Distress

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Nigeria not listed despite huge public debt burden The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that debt vulnerabilities remains elevated in Sub-Saharan Africa, with no fewer than 20 countries inRead More

WHO: Malaria Killed Over 602,000 People In Nigeria, Others In 2021

World Health Organisation (WHO)
US spends $768m to fight malaria in countr y ExxonMobil spent over $37.4m on anti-malaria programmes in nation in 20 years Obaseki canvasses innovative financing in the disease fight AsRead More