The Kenyan government has reacted to the allegation that it arrested and extradited Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Nigeria. Wilfred Machage, Kenyan high commissioner to…
Category: Africa
Breaking: South Africa’s Top Court Sentenced Ex-President Jacob Zuma To Prison
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months by the highest court in the country. This came after the Constitutional Court found him guilty of…
Breaking: Laurent Gbagbo Returns To Ivory Coast, Following His Acquittal By ICC
VAM news has gathered that Former President Laurent Gbagbo has returned to Ivory Coast for the first time since his arrest nearly 10 years ago following his acquittal by the International…
Zambia’s President Collapses At Defence Day Ceremony Held In Lusaka
VAM news has gathered that President Edgar Lungu of Zambia on Sunday collapsed during the 45th Defense Forces Day Commemoration and Investiture ceremony held at the nation’s capital, Lusaka. Simon…
Minister Survives Assassination Attempt, Daughter And Driver Killed, Photos Emerge
General Katumba Wamala, Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport, has survived an attempted assassination on his life with his daughter and driver dead. VAM news gathered that four attackers on…
Police Arrest Parent For Burying 2 Years Old Sickle Cell Baby Alive
A man and his wife have been arrested by the Breman Asikuma Police in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District for allegedly burying a two-year-old baby alive on the advice of their…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan Gains New International Appointment
VAM news has gathered that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan as Chairman of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise. ECOWAS…
Buhari, Jonathan Meet In Aso Rock, Discuss Way Forward To Restore Peace
President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Goodluck Jonathan Friday met in Aso Rock, Abuja over the political crisis in Mali. Former President Jonathan is Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator to the…
Germany Pays €1Billion To Appease Namibia Over Genocide Encountered During Colonial Rule
VAM news has gathered that Germany, for the first time, on Friday, recognised it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than…
Serial Rapist Sentenced To 1,088 Years Imprisonment
A Pretoria High Court on Thursday May 27 sentenced 33-year-old Sello Abram Mapunya to 1,088 years in prison for raping and robbing 56 women for five years. Mapunya was convicted…