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Top 20 Countries With The Cheapest Mobile Data Prices in Africa (2026)

Malawi has the most cheapest mobile data in the Africa and the 29th most cheapest in the world, says a new report. In today's digital age, access to affordable mobile data is becoming increasingly essential for individuals and economies to...

Sudan Bans Female Genital Mutilation, Imposes 3-year Jail Sentence for Offenders

Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation (FGM) and imposed a three-year prison sentence for offenders, according to a newly amended law. The amendment to the criminal law was approved on 22 April, the Reuters news agency reports. Sudan is one of...

Top 20 Worst Countries for Press Freedom in Africa (2026)

Reporters Without Borders, an international non-profit organization, has named Eritrea as the country with the worst press freedom in Africa while Namibia was named Africa’s best country in the Index. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its World Press...

Press Freedom in Africa: Top 10 Countries Leading the Way in 2026

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its latest World Press Freedom Index, which ranks 180 countries based on the level of press freedom available to journalists. It, however, said press freedom remains highly fragile in Sub-Saharan Africa. The latest Reporters...

Kenya: Zebra Gives Birth To Rare ‘Zonkey’ After Mating With A Donkey

According to reports, sometime in May last year, a zebra had strayed on its own out of the Tsavo East National Park, one of the oldest and largest parks in Kenya, into a local community that borders it. Surprisingly, she...

Top 10 African Countries With the Most Open Governments, 2020

South Africa has the most open government in Africa according to the World Justice Project (WJP) in its 2020 report on open governments globally. The WJP Open Government Index, which ranks 128 countries based on how open their governments are,...

Nigeria Ranked Second Worst in the World in Matters of Order and Security

According to the World Justice Project’s latest Rule of Law Index Africa's giant Nigeria ranks 127th out of 128 countries in terms of how well it ensured the security of its people and property, performing worse than some countries...

Nigeria Ranks Poorly In UNs World Happiness Report 2020, Mauritius Bags Top Spot in Africa

The United Nations has ranked Nigeria as the 115th happiest nation in the world and the 18th in Africa 2020 World Happiness Report.The report, which ranked 153 countries, was released on Friday, March 20 – UN ’s annual International...

These are the Happiest (And Saddest) Countries in Africa, 2020

Mauritius, Libya, Ivory Coast and Benin are amongst the happiest countries in Africa, according to the UN’s World Happiness Index.Mauritius has been named the happiest country in Africa by the World Happiness Report - and South Sudan ranked saddest.The...

Madam Tinubu: Meet The Most Powerful Female Slave Trader in Yorubaland in the 19th Century

Born in the Egba Land of the Yoruba people of West Africa at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Madam Efunroye Tinubu was a politically significant figure in Nigerian history because of her role as a powerful female aristocrat...
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Nicolas Le Jeune: The French Slave Master Sued by His Slaves for Torture and Murder

In the late 18th century, Saint-Domingue was France’s richest Atlantic plantation colony, producing sugar and coffee through a system...
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