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Twitter has finally begun testing a dislike button on the app, but it is nothing like the dislike button that you see on YouTube. The micro-blogging site revealed that some iOS users will now see new upvote and downvote options below a tweet. However, the company says that the downvotes…

African stars including Nigeria’s Burna Boy and Wizkid, Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz and French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura have all scored nominations at this year’s BET Awards slated for Los Angeles on 27 June. The awards, which have been running for the past 19 years, honour black entertainers in music, acting and…

Ghanaian actress Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, has been sentenced to three months in prison for posting a naked photo of herself on social media beside her son. She broke down in tears after the judge read out the sentence in the court in the capital, Accra. Akuapem…

Earl Simmons, the snarling yet soulful rapper known as DMX, who had a string of No. 1 albums in the late 1990s and early 2000s but whose personal struggles eventually rivaled his lyrical prowess, died on Friday in White Plains, N.Y. He was 50. His family announced the death in…

US rapper and actor DMX is in serious condition in hospital following a heart attack, says his lawyer Murray Richman. Mr Richman told US media he didn’t know whether the heart attack was brought on by a drug overdose, as reported by TMZ. People are outside of DMX’s hospital playing…

Musician Christian Longomba of the famous duo ‘The Longombas’ died Saturday, March 13 in Los Angeles, US, his family confirms. Christian, who has been undergoing treatment for a recurrent brain tumor, succumbed to the complications a few minutes to 7pm East African Time. His elder brother Lovy Longomba in a…

Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica, according to his manager. He was 73. Wailer, a baritone singer whose birth name is Neville Livingston, formed The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob…

The authorities in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar have urged tourists to dress decently and respect the “sensibilities” of the local culture or they will be fined. Tourism Minister Lela Muhamed Mussa said that some visitors walked “almost naked” on the streets. She said that tour guides will also be…

Global music streaming service Spotify is making a giant leap into Kenya and other 38 African countries with the launch in a matter of days. Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Capo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Estwani, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea and Guinea Bissau. The rest are…