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Former South African league striker Douglas Mapfumo might team up with Khama Billiat at Scottland FC. The 25-year-old player was seen practicing with the new Premier Soccer League team recently. Sources say nothing has been signed but fans are already talking about the possible move. Mapfuso...

Zanu-PF party leaders made it clear that Walter Mzembi cannot just walk back into their group after years away. The former Foreign Affairs Minister came home from Zambia last week and police arrested him at the airport right away. He had been hiding since 2018 when corruption charges were filed...

Zimbabwe singer Anita Jackson made fans happy when she came back to social media after having her baby. She had stayed away from posting during her pregnancy and people really missed seeing her updates. The music star returned with photos of her new child and her boyfriend together. Anita went...

President Adama Barrow spoke well of his Justice Minister during a speech at the National Assembly on Thursday. He said Dawda Jallow helped bring quick and fair justice to all people living in Gambia. The president praised how the Justice Ministry made great progress during 2024. They worked...

Gambia will host a major health conference next year. First Lady Fatoumatta Bah Barrow made the announcement during a summit meeting with other African and Asian leaders. The Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary Conference comes to Banjul from October 14 to 15 in 2025. She spoke about how her...

Child Fund gave over 1,000 bikes to Gambia's education ministry on Thursday. The charity wants kids who walk far distances to reach school more easily. They held the ceremony at their Kanifing office with government officials attending. The bikes come from a bigger project called Zero Out of...

The Gambia's transport minister checked out road work happening across Foni and liked what he saw. Ebrima Sillah spent Monday looking at the Lot 4 project that covers over 22 kilometers of new roads. The minister brought along top officials from his department and road experts to see how things...

The Gambia's travel training school won a major prize for helping tourism workers across West Africa. African Travel Quarterly picked the Institute of Travel and Tourism of The Gambia for their Balafon Travel Awards. The group earned praise for teaching people and building skills throughout the...

A man from Chipinge got life behind bars for killing a teenage house worker last year. Fanuel Ndapota beat 19-year-old Purity Mlambo to death with a bicycle part at her workplace. A young witness heard groaning sounds around nine at night and saw Ndapota looking through the dining room window...

A senior police detective got beaten up and robbed right in the heart of Harare. Four men went to court but only one faced punishment for the attack. The victim was Alexandra Jachi who runs the murder investigation unit for the city police force. Jachi noticed cars following him as he drove...

A young mother from Mbare lost her four-year-old son to a fake religious leader two weeks back. Priscilla Mbombo trusted someone calling himself Madzibaba John when her child fell sick. She spoke with the man over the phone about her baby's health problems and arranged to meet him at Tsiga...

A retired army man lost thousands of dollars when crooks broke into his bank accounts. Tigere Dube used to be his neighbor and fellow soldier before turning to crime. The victim Forward Mapfunde had just received his retirement money totaling over thirteen thousand US dollars and some local...

A man named Melusi Sibanda surprised everyone in court when he made shocking claims about his fraud case. He told the judge that one woman who accused him actually paid him money after they had sex together. Melusi said she called him her toy boy and gave him cash to thank him for his bedroom...

Floyd Shivambu wants to start a new political party. The former MK Party leader got kicked out after people said he tried to remove Jacob Zuma from power. He says he won't go back to the EFF or join the ANC again. Shivambu spoke to reporters on Thursday and said regular people told him not to...

Zambian singer T-Sean released a new song called Wakaso Asaione that talks about money and dating. The track has a smooth beat that makes people want to dance. T-Sean sings about how rich men attract beautiful women because of their wealth rather than good looks or personality. The song title...

Richmond rapper $ilkMoney makes music that sounds different from everyone else. His new song has a crazy long title about jury duty and seafood that makes no sense. The underground artist creates wild rhymes using strange words like doohickey and cartoon character names. $ilkMoney stopped...

Central Cee started 2025 strong with his album Can't Rush Greatness. The UK drill rapper earned Album of the Week honors for that release. He just joined forces with American artist Sexyy Red on a new song called GUILT TRIPPIN. Both musicians sound more relaxed than their usual work on this...

Homeboy Sandman has worked in underground rap music for many years. Famous artist Doja Cat really likes his work. His thick wordplay and self-mocking style stays the same across different projects. The rapper sounds fresh when he drops his usual tricks and focuses hard. He does exactly that on...

Los Angeles band Automatic prepares their third album. The group shared the title song Is It Now with a music video made by Nicola and Juliana Giraffe. Their catchy post-punk sound mixes spooky synthesizers with strong bass lines that make people want to move. Singer Izzy Glaudini thinks about...

Irish singer CMAT keeps building excitement for her upcoming album. She already released two popular songs that fans love. Her latest track takes aim at famous chef Jamie Oliver in a playful way. The new song called Jamie Oliver Petrol Station pretends to attack the celebrity cook. CMAT uses...