Ankara, Turkey — Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu briefly tripped and fell on Tuesday, January 27, while walking alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during an official welcome ceremony in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Footage circulating on social media shows the 73-year-old Nigerian leader losing his footing during the ceremonial march-past organised for him…
The State House Diaspora Unit has facilitated the safe return of four Ugandan nationals from India, bringing home two adult women and two children after more than a decade of distress and prolonged stay abroad. On Wednesday evening, January 28, 2026, the Deputy Head of the State House Diaspora Unit, Mr Henry Wabyona, accompanied by…
Mwanza — Tanzania has officially commissioned the MV New Mwanza, Africa’s largest freshwater passenger vessel, in a major boost to transport and trade on Lake Victoria. Launched on January 23, 2026, in Mwanza, the ship was built at a cost of over Shs120 billion by Korean firms Gas Entec Ship-Building Engineering and Kang Nam Corporation…
Kenya has rolled out a five-year National Cervical Cancer Elimination Action Plan aimed at safeguarding girls and women from cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among women in the country. The strategy aligns Kenya with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) global 90-70-90 targets for 2030 to eliminate cervical cancer as a…
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The military government of Burkina Faso says it has successfully thwarted an alleged plot to kill President Captain Ibrahim Traoré and destabilise the country, authorities announced this week. In a late-night televised address, Security Minister Mahamadou Sana told citizens that national intelligence services intercepted the operation in its final stages, preventing…