AFREEQUE
Top stories
Football
🇹🇿 TanzaniaCulture

Diamond Platnumz names his two children with Zari Hassan in Kampala

By , based on Tuko

Diamond Platnumz names his two children with Zari Hassan in KampalaPeter Bennett / ZIFF · CC BY 2.0

Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz named Latifah and Nilan, his two children with Zari Hassan, during a concert in Kampala, Uganda. His statement came as internet users questioned Nilan’s paternity, Tuko reports.

Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz publicly named Latifah and Nillan as his two children with Zari Hassan during a concert in Kampala, Uganda. He dedicated a song to their mother and said they were his first children, according to Tuko.

The declaration came after online comments cast doubt on Nillan’s paternity, following the child’s alleged absence from the celebration of the 40th day after the birth of Tanzanian singer Zuchu’s daughter. A video of the concert that went viral shows Diamond Platnumz acknowledging the two children together.

Share this article

Related stories

Samia congratulates Lula on re-election in Brazil

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his re-election as Brazil’s president. She wants to strengthen bilateral relations and deepen cooperation between the two countries, according to the Tanzanian daily Daily News.

🇹🇿 Tanzania · Source: Daily News ·

Maasai wedding video shows gesture presented as groom’s test

A video shared on social media shows a bride’s sister sitting on the groom’s lap during a wedding ceremony presented as Maasai. Internet users say the gesture is intended to test his self-control, but this interpretation has not been independently confirmed, reports The Maravi Post.

🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: The Maravi Post ·

Beninese priest Éric Ahissou dies during Mass in Cotonou

Father Éric Ahissou, parish priest of Notre-Dame de la Visitation in Gbèdagba, died during the All Saints’ Day Mass in Cotonou at the age of 48, according to Bénin Web TV, 24h au Bénin and 24 Heure Info. The latter reports that the death occurred on Sunday 1 November 2026 and that initial indications point to a medical episode while he was celebrating Mass. Ordained on 4 August 2010, he had also served in the Diocese of Montauban, France, according to Bénin Web TV.

🇧🇯 Benin · Source: Bénin Web TV ·

Allute Lissu Mughwai, brother of Tundu Lissu, dies in Arusha

Allute Lissu Mughwai, brother of Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu, died in Arusha on Sunday 1 November 2026. The daily newspaper The Citizen reported his death in a brief published that day.

🇹🇿 Tanzania · Source: The Citizen ·

🇹🇿 Latest from Tanzania

TotalEnergies launches digital payments at 130 Tanzanian stationsTotalEnergies launches digital payments at 130 Tanzanian stationsTotalEnergies Marketing Tanzania is launching a digital payment system that can be used at its 130 service stations across the country to pay for fuel, gas and automotive services. Customers will be able to track transactions through the TotalEnergies Mobility app, a system described as useful for visitors expected during AFCON, according to the company’s legal and relations director, Getrude Mpangile.All Tanzania news →

Culture in East Africa

Women sustain communities in Burundi’s ButanyereraWomen sustain communities in Burundi’s ButanyereraIn Butanyerera, in northern Burundi, women contribute to the running of communities as rural exodus and male migration leave single-parent households. Yaga reports that women outnumber men ten to eight in the province and also recalls women’s historical role in local governance and resistance to Belgian colonial rule.All Culture news →

The week in Africa

This week’s highlights

  1. Iran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days🇮🇷 Iran
  2. FBI attributes Binance hack to North Korea🇰🇵 North Korea
  3. Two Ebola isolation centres open in Kasindi, DR Congo🇨🇩 DR Congo
  4. UN halts MINURSO operations and begins winding-up🇲🇦 Morocco
  5. Drone strikes kill 25 civilians in northern Ethiopia🇪🇹 Ethiopia
All of this week’s highlights →

Africa in your inbox

Be the first to get our letter in English: the essentials from every region of the continent, free.

← Back to the news