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The ban on online television in Tanzania has been apparently lifted. This was communicated in a tweet by the government spokesperson, Gerson Msigwa. He tweeted this after the president’s communication was supposedly misinterpreted. Her excellency, Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday had directed a ban lift on all media outlets. “I understand that there are media organisations that have been closed ...

A pilot flying an Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane from Addis Ababa accidentally landed it at a Zambian airport that is still under construction. The plane landed on Sunday at the airport in Zambia’s northern Copperbelt province. Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport located about 9 miles from where the plane landed is currently serving the province. The transport ministry’s permanent secretary, ...

More than 1,800 prison inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria after it was attacked by gunmen, officials say. The attackers reportedly entered the prison yard in the south-eastern town of Owerri by using explosives to blast the administrative block. Six prisoners have reportedly returned, while 35 refused to escape. Police have accused the banned separatist group, the Indigenous ...

A preacher in Kenya has blamed Kenyatta for the third wave of coronavirus in the country. Bishop Peter Ambuka from the Pefa church in Kahawa West area Blames the president and his cabinet for selfishness. “You [President Kenyatta], and your fellow politicians are to blame for this devastating third wave and the buck stops with you,” “You continue living your ...

The grandmother of former US president Barack Obama, Sarah Obama has died aged 99 according to her daughter. The incident happened in Western Kenya earlier today. ‘’It is true she has gone to be with the lord. She passed on this morning,’’ Marsat Onyango, the late’s daughter said emotionally. They had admitted the popular Mama Obama to the Jaramogi Oginga ...