Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda has been hospitalized since Tuesday in Lusaka. The father of Zambia’s independence struggle who is now 90 years old was admitted to the Lusaka Trust hospital.

His daughter Cheswa Silwizye confirmed the news but refused to clarify why he was admitted. Popularly known as KK, the former president led Zambia for 27 years since its independence in 1964 until he gave power after the first multiparty elections in 1991.

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One person has been confirmed dead while several have been injured in a prison break attempt in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on Wednesday night. The incident happened in the city of Kumasi which is one of the biggest prisons in the country that houses inmates. Details of the incident were not clear until Thursday when prison officials said inmates wanted to take an advantage of an evacuation exercise in the prison. There was fire outbreak at the prison and officials tried to move some of the inmates to a safe place. But inmates clashed with prison officers, trying to break jail but were overpowered. Some inmates reportedly hurled bricks and other dangerous objects at prison officials.

Spokesperson for the Kumasi Central Prison, ASP Annan said the one who died was shot by a prison officer as he tried to snatch a gun from another officer. He said several inmates and prison officers were injured and are currently receiving medical treatment at the city’s hospital. "One of the prisoners on remand in the heat of the confusion tried to snatch a weapon from a policeman. Another officer looking on shot the prisoner and he died in the process, the number of Police officers who got injured were more than four but the serious ones are about four and they are being treated at the hospital", he said.

DSP Annan added that order has been restored with the help of reinforcement from the regional security headquarters. "The situation is calm. We got help from headquarters to join our force to bring the situation under control, nobody should panic", DSP Annan added. Prison break is uncommon in Ghana and authorities say investigation into the incident has been initiated to prevent such occurrences in the future.

 

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Some changes have been made barely three days to the burial ceremony of the late Mayor Francoise Foning.Her remains will now exit Yaounde General Hospital mortuary for Douala where the deceased lived much of her 67 years on earth on Thursday the 18^th of March 2015. As customs and tradition demands, her dresses have been exposed informing her ancestors that our late mayor has now joined them. We hereby publish the final and authentic funeral program of one of the most popular Cameroon female politician who ever lived.

 Honourable FONING Francoise

March 18, 2015

• Removal of corps from the Yaounde General Hospital mortuary
• Holy Mass at the Cathedral of Notre Dame des Victoires in Yaoundé

2:00 p.m.

• Departure for Douala
• Wake keep at residence in Bépanda in Douala
• Vigil Mass

March 19, 2015

• Laid in state at the Douala 5^th District Council Hall
• Laid in state at the Omnisport Stadium Bépanda
• People Vigil with ecumenical service and various events

March 20, 2015

• Departure for Bafou
• Arrival - Installation - Traditional Ceremony
• Vigil until dawn

 

March 21, 2015

• Solemn ceremony on the esplanade of the palace of His Majesty Johnny Baleng of Bafou
• Mass - Testimonials
• Burial in the strictest of privacy

 

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Pride comes before a fall? Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, 90, falls down podium steps after being greeted by his adoring supporters.Zimbabwe's president tripped as he walked down steps at the airport.Mugabe, new chairman of the African Union, was returning from Ethiopia. The leader, in power since 1987, had been greeted by adoring supporters. Mugabe whisked away in waiting limousine after the accident. Photographers who captured the fall asked to delete pictures, it is claimed.

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Fierce fighting is reportedly going on between the Cameroon army and the Nigerian Islamist sect  Boko Haram this morning in Fotokol. Our Cameroon military informant has hinted that Boko Haram fighters are fleeing the encirclement of Chadian troops at Gambaru and its surrounding environment.

The Chadian army launched a major operation since Tuesday on Gambaru and announced that they have given themselves a month to wipe out Boko Haram completely from its entire strongholds deep inside Nigeria.

 

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One person has been killed and three others taken hostage as pirates hijack a crude oil tanker off the Nigerian coast. The Greek coastguard said on Wednesday that the Malta-flagged Kalamos’s Greek deputy commander was killed by the pirates. Dozens of heavily armed pirates boarded the 15-year-old tanker that was at anchor in Nigeria’s Gulf of Guinea on Tuesday.

The tanker was waiting for a fresh oil cargo from the Qua Iboe terminal in southeastern Nigeria. A coastguard spokeswoman told AFP that two of the three hostages were Greek nationals, adding that out of the 23 crewmembers 10 were from Greece.

Experts say the Gulf of Guinea has become the new epicenter for piracy in Africa.The International Maritime Bureau has said that between January and September 2014, 33 incidents of piracy and armed raids were recorded in the region.

 

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