Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58 – police Barbados Today24/04/20230470 views (Reuters) – Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would… Read more
O’Kola stars in Africa Barbados Today13/04/20230782 views Barbadian junior golfer Ashton O’Kola has taken his golfing talents to Africa. The six-year-old golf prodigy recently competed in two events winning both of them in decisive fashion. O’Kola first… Read more
Harris visits Ghana’s president, promises aid, investments Barbados Today27/03/20230946 views SOURCE: (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday praised Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo for his “democratic principles” during a visit with the West African leader, who’s facing rising… Read more
#AfricanAwarenessMonth – Yaa Asantewaa I – Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire Barbados Today09/02/20230263 views Led the war against the British Empire Yaa Asantewaa I (born October 17, 1840 – October 17, 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part… Read more
South Africa holds state funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu Barbados Today01/01/20220400 views SOURCE: BBC — The funeral mass for South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu has taken place at the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town. Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner… Read more
Hundreds of Nigerian students missing after attack on school Barbados Today13/12/20200337 views Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country’s northwestern Katsina state, police have confirmed. The Government Science Secondary School in Kankara was attacked… Read more
Zimbabwe’s Health Minister charged in COVID-19 graft case Barbados Today20/06/20200316 views Zimbabwe’s health minister on Saturday was charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, accused of illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for COVID-19 medical supplies to a shadowy… Read more
African nations, US say blacks mistreated in Chinese city Barbados Today11/04/20200406 views African officials are confronting China publicly and in private over mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and the U.S. says African-Americans have been targeted, too. Some Africans… Read more
Nine confirmed killed in second mass shooting in US in 24 hours Barbados Today04/08/20190572 views Nine people have been killed and at least 26 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio – the second US mass shooting in 24 hours. Mayor Nan Whaley said… Read more
CENTRAL AFRICA – Forty-five dead, 200 missing in after boat sinks Barbados Today28/05/20190334 views At least 45 people have died after a boat sank on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of Congo. The provincial governor, Antoine Masamba, said the vessel was carrying more… Read more