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Mandela hospitalized due to lung infection Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a hospital with a lung infection.
Chinua Achebe (1930 – 2013) Chinua Achebe the author of the popular book Things Fall Apart, has died according to reports by the BBC.
Ghanians all over the world are celebrating their country’s 56th Independence Day.
Senegalese film director, Alain Gomis won the Golden Stallion prize for best film at the 23rd African Fespaco film festival with his film entitled Tey.
South African Singer Celebrated South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba has been celebrated by a Google Doodle in what would have been her 81st birthday.
MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD FOR SLAIN GIRLFRIEND Olympian Oscar Pistorius held a private memorial service last night for Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend that he is accused of murdering in cold blood.
Pretoria, South Africa – London 2012 Olympian, Oscar Pistorius has been arrested and charged for the alleged murder of his 30 year old model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who died of gunshot wounds earlier today.
