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Ghanaian Highlife legend, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, professionally known as AB Crentsil has passed away at the age of 79 years. The death of the celebrated singer was reported by the sound engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah better known as Fredyma and later confirmed by Starrfm sources. The singer’s death happened on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The “FAREWELL AB CRENSTIL. The original composer and singer of the famous and controversial songs, ‘Moses and Atia, AB Crenstil, has died! He had a stint with a lot of bands before joining the Sweet Talks Band with Smart kansah and then his own band, Ahenfo.…

A middle-aged wood worker Yaw Fosu has been shot by suspected robbers at his home at Community 25 in Tema Wednesday dawn. The carpenter is currently battling for his life at the Tema General Hospital. According to wife and daughter who spoke to Starrfm Wednesday morning, the attack happened around 2:30am. “My father is battling for his life as I speak to you. They came pushing down our gate at dawn. When we were unable to push back anymore because they had threatened to shoot, my father stepped out then they shot him immediately on the forehead. “He fell on…

The prosecution requested on Friday life imprisonment for the former Rwandan prefect Laurent Bucyibaruta, tried in Paris for the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, estimating that he had constituted “an essential cog without which the murderous machine could not have been implemented”. This former senior civil servant “failed in his duty” to protect the Tutsis of his prefecture when he “had the means to act”, said the representatives of the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat), calling for his conviction as the “principal author” of the “crime of crimes”. Laurent Bucyibaruta, prefect of Gikongoro between 1992 and July 1994, has been…

Two bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in eastern South Africa, left 19 dead, police said on Sunday. In Soweto, 15 people were killed as they enjoyed a night out, police said when assailants drew up in a minibus taxi and began randomly firing at bar patrons. In the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, police-reported four people were killed and eight wounded during a shootout in a bar after two men fired indiscriminately at customers. Police sources said it was too early to say if the assaults were in some way connected but observed their similarity.…

Libya’s Fathi Bashagha, appointed as prime minister in a challenge to a unity government in Tripoli, plans to take office in the capital “in the coming days”, he told AFP. Libya’s parliament picked the former interior minister in February to lead a government to replace that of interim premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah, appointed last year as part of a United Nations-backed peace process to end more than a decade of violence in the North African country. But Dbeibah has refused to hand over power before elections, setting up a showdown with Bashagha, named by the eastern-based legislature elected in 2014 and…

Inside the Hulene dump, at least 500 people scavenge through garbage every day to survive, and as preparations are underway to close the space where 16 people were buried in 2018, fear hangs over the heads of those who depend on garbage to earn a living. What should be a reason for natural joy – the end of an open-air dump – generates anguish: “The removal of the dump, without thinking about these people [waste pickers], can generate chaos,” Justino Cuna, a 36-year-old waste picker who is trying to create an association to defend the rights of waste pickers in…

Parked up in the Kasarani district of the Kenyan capital Nairobi is a group of health workers who on a mission to drive up COVID-19 vaccinations. According to the World Health Organization, the overall trend of the virus on the African continent is down, but it is still not completely contained. WHO figures report that as of 6 April 2022, there were 11.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 252 000 deaths reported on the continent. In Kenya, there were 334,551 confirmed cases and 5,656 deaths from 3rd January 2020 to 6th July this year according to WHO…

An explosion in northern Togo has killed seven people, the military said on Sunday, without giving further details about the blast. The explosion happened in Tone prefecture near the border with Burkina Faso, where a Sahel jihadist insurgency is threatening to spill over into coastal West African nations. Togo last month declared a state of emergency in its northern prefectures over the threat of Islamist militant attacks from north of its border. Togo’s army said in a statement the explosion on Saturday in Margba village in Tone killed seven and wounded two more. It did not give more details and…

Crowds filled the streets of Berlin over the weekend, dancing to the pulsing rhythms of electronic beats as the city hosted the annual ‘Rave the Planet’ parade — a vibrant political demonstration in support of electronic dance music culture. Thousands of ravers, DJs, and music lovers marched through the German capital, turning major streets into an open-air dancefloor. The event, more than just a celebration, is a call for official recognition of electronic music as a cultural asset worth preserving. Organizers of the parade say their mission is to protect the legacy of techno and electronic dance music — genres…

Hailing her as the “nation’s pride” and “ambassador of happiness”, Tunisians remained enthralled with tennis star Ons Jabeur Saturday, celebrating her presence in the prestigious Wimbledon final despite her loss. Jabeur became the world’s number two player and then made history as the first African or Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the modern era. Although she missed out on the title at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, she said she’ll learn from the experience and can’t wait to play in another final. “I just try to inspire as many generations as I can,” she…