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India Sends Food Aid to Help Namibia Face Drought. India sent 1,000 tonnes of rice and 1,000 tonnes of maize to help Namibia deal with its water crisis. India's new top officer in Namibia, Rahul Shrivastava, shared this news at an India Day event in Windhoek on Friday. The two lands have grown...

Judge Stops Trump Plan to Send Aid Workers Home. A court stopped President Donald Trump from putting 2,200 aid workers on leave Friday. Judge Carl Nichols blocked the move hours before it was set to start. His order will last one week, until February 14. The judge acted after two worker groups...

Bank Program Helps Namibian Students Learn Tech Skills, The Bank of Namibia has brought science and tech learning to eight high schools, teaching 480 students. The bank's deputy head, Leonie Dunn, spoke about this success on Thursday as she gave school money to 10 students. "From the start, we...

Noted Actor and teacher Columbus Irisoanga Dies. Columbus Irisoanga, who taught at a top school and acted in many Nigerian films, has died. Fellow actor Hilda Dokubo shared the news with deep sadness. "Heaven must need more angels," Dokubo wrote on social media. "This loss weighs hard on...

Music Fans Ask JMJ to Make Peace with Kaakie. People want music maker JMJ to fix his broken ties with singer Kaakie. The two split up in 2017 after working together for years. JMJ, who runs Xtra Large Music, posted a picture of these artists and kind words thanking them for helping make...

Ghana Stops Plans for New Roads Agency. The Roads Ministry put a hold on a new law that would have merged all road offices into one group. The National Roads Authority Act from July 2024 aimed to simplify road work. The plan would have put the Highway Authority, Urban Roads, and Feeder Roads...

Ghana Works to Heal ECOWAS Split, Minister Says. Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says President John Dramani Mahama has started efforts to bring back three nations that left the Economic Community of West African States. Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger broke from ECOWAS this...

Man Faces Court After Taking Laptop From Jobs Ministry. A court in Accra sent Foster Nyarko to jail as he waited for his final punishment. He took a lawyer's laptop from the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment. Nyarko came to the office on December 4, 2024, hoping to find work as a...

Ghana's Attorney General Drops Cases Against Former Officials. The Ghana Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has ended legal action against former Water Minister Alhaji Collins Dauda in the Saglemi Housing case. Dauda and three others faced charges over a $200 million housing project. The...

A man who claimed to be King Munhumutapa left jail this week after a High Court gave him bail. Timothy Chiminya had been in prison for over a month. The police put him there because he said bad things about President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The law says Chiminya went against the president's power...

A court in Harare put a robber in prison this week. He helped steal US$52,000 from a hardware store last year. The judge gave Tapiwanashe Murefu, age 26, a 15-year prison term. The court made the sentence less hard by taking off 10 years. This means Murefu must stay in jail for five years. The...

Zimbabwe faces a hard test with its new ZiG money. Many businesses shy away from using it. They pick U.S. dollars instead, which remain legal in the country's money system. Big stores take the ZiG, but small traders often say no to it. The government-backed this new money with gold in April...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, head of SADC, asked African leaders to stand firm for their people. They met to find peace in Congo. Leaders from East and South Africa came to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. They wanted to end the war in Congo, where armed groups took the city of Goma. This meeting...

President Trump stopped U.S. money aid to South Africa on Friday. This came after he was upset by South Africa's land rules and court case against Israel. The U.S. gave South Africa nearly 440 million dollars last year. The White House said it plans to bring white South African farmers to live...

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri said no to two big parties who asked him to run as vice president. He shared this news in a talk with Zodiak. He turned down the offer. The faith leader says he stays away from state matters. "They came to me about being their running mate. I said no," Bushiri told the...

President Lazarus Chakwera warned he would fire ministers who slow down growth projects. He made this clear at a meeting at Malembo School in Lilongwe's Khongoni area. "Some leaders sit in offices, and claim papers are lost. They do nothing on the ground," Chakwera said. He believes certain...

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri says South Africa went after him for buying a plane. He shared this in a talk with Zodiak TV. He thinks the officials felt the plane did not fit his age. Life turned hard for Bushiri and his wife in South Africa, which made them return to their homeland. When asked how...

A big golf event comes to Blantyre this Saturday. The NBS Bank will hold its pre-Valentine games at Country Club Limbe. More than 100 players plan to attend. The bank sees many people wanting to play. By this week, 75 players had registered. The day aims to bring love and sport together before...

Karonga District Council has developed a new way to solve problems between groups. The plan helps people work out their issues quickly and inexpensively. Mr. Peck Chawinga shared news of this system at a meeting on Friday. He works as the Labor Officer at the council. He spoke for the head of...

A court order has helped Salima Sugar Limited start working again. The High Court lifted a ban on the company's bank money, allowing it to pay bills and make sugar. Judge Jabber Alide made this choice on Friday. The company's head, Wester Kossam, said it helped the business a lot. The ban had...