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Nigeria: Pregnant woman, 2 kids and 3 others die in a freak ondo accident

A pregnant woman, her two children and 3 others were killed in a freak accident involving a diesel tanker, a truck and six motor cycles in Ikare-Akoko local government area of Ondo state on Saturday, August 29. Many others were reportedly injured as the accident occurred at a commercial area. According to reports, the diesel […]

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NEWS: Thousands of people in Mauritius protest against oil spill and government

Thousands of human beings marched on Saturday in Port Louis, the capital metropolis of Mauritius, a month after a grounded Japanese ship leaked over 1,000 lots of gasoline oil into the island’s fragile marine areas. They denounced the government’s managing of the oil spill and demanded its resignation. The protesters waved the country’s flag and […]

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NEWS: Floods kill 45 and displace thousands in Niger

Flooding from heavy rains in Niger’s western region has killed at least 45 humans and pressured extra than 226,000 from their homes. Days of rain induced the Niger River to overflow, which actually shut down the capital, Niamey. Along the river in the Kirkissoye district, dozens of mud properties have collapsed, and rice fields have […]

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Uganda: MPs Lutamaguzi, Mbogo arrested over Covid-19 rules

Nakaseke South Member of Parliament Paul Lugtamaguzi and 21 supporters have been on Thursday remanded to Wakyato jail after being arrested on Wednesday for allegedly violating Covid-19 guidelines. Lutamaguzi and a section of his supporters regarded earlier than the Nakaseke Grade One Magistrate Court and have been charged with conducting an act probable to unfold […]

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NEWS: Tribal clashes kills atleast 3 in east Sudan

At least three humans were killed and eleven others wounded in clashes between rival ethnic corporations in Sudan on Thursday. The conflict between the Beni Amer tribe and the Beja tribe, following the nomination of Salah Ammar, of the Beni Amer, as the new governor of the japanese Kassala state. Thousands of human beings converged […]

NEWS: Former minister Nantaba escapes being beaten by MP in Uganda

The State Minister for Fisheries, Ms Christine Andoa, Kayunga leaders and residents of Galilaya Sub-county, in Kayunga District had been treated to drama after two contributors of Parliament came close to a physical battle at a public function. The drama was sparked by way of Kayunga Woman MP, Ms Aida Nantaba who branded Baale County […]

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NEWS: Floods kill 65 and destroy homes in Sudan

Floods and torrential rains have killed at least sixty 5 people and destroyed greater than fourteen thousand houses in Sudan. Tens of thousands of houses have been damaged, numerous faculties destroyed and water sources rendered unusable. Cattle has died in excessive numbers. “Since 1946 or 1948 there has by no means been floods like this […]

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Ivory Coast: Gbagbo Axed by IEC from Electoral Register

Laurent Gbagbo, the former Ivorian President, has been irrevocably removed from the electoral listing and hence, will no longer be able to present himself in the upcoming presidential elections per an Ivorian judiciary ruling that sees him still in exile. The information used to be recently verified by way of the Independent Electoral Commission with […]

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NEWS: Africa may be past the height of the pandemic virus – WHO Chief

Africa’s coronavirus outbreak may additionally have surpassed its peak, the World Health Organization (WHO) continental chief stated Tuesday, warning in opposition to complacency to keep away from a 2d wave. WHO Africa regional director Matshidiso Moeti informed a convention of African health ministers that numbers of new cases had been declining.   “We are seeing […]

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Algeria: Rally for jailed journalist

Demonstrators in Algiers are calling for international strain to assist get Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni out of jail. The journalist, who is 40, was sentenced on August twenty-fourth to three years in prison. He had been in detention seeing that March. “The profession and journalists are mobilized to demand the release of Khaled Drareni,” Amar […]

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South Africa: As schools reopen, teachers express concern

Teachers unions in South Africa expressed problem Monday as thousands and thousands of college students again to faculty after a precautionary smash in July due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country.     Basil Manuel, president of the National Professional Teachers’ Organization of South Africa (NAPTOSA), stated they were concerned whether the […]

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NEWS: 1100 killed in northern in Nigeria

The International Crisis Group (ICG) say communal violence has brought on the demise of some 8,000 human beings and has displaced extra than 200,000 civilians due to the fact that 2011 in Nigeria. According to Amnesty International, central and northwestern Nigerian states have been the scene of a “worrying escalation of attacks and kidnappings” for […]

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South Africa: Newborn found abandoned in bushes in Mamelodi

Just days after the provincial Health Department expressed challenge over the spate of abandoned babies, a newborn was determined in the timber in Mamelodi at the weekend. A police K9 unit, which used to be patrolling in Mamelodi, reacted to a criticism on Saturday at about 11am and determined the toddler at a park in […]

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NEWS: Sudan is ready to cooperate with the ICC on war crimes

Sudan will cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s efforts to prosecute those wanted for warfare crimes and genocide in connection with the Darfur conflict, Sudanese prime minister Abdalla Hamdok stated Saturday. Hamdok’s pledge came in the course of a televised tackle on the first anniversary of him assuming the put up of high minister. “The […]

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Nigeria: ECOWAS donates 4,000 tonnes of food items

The ECOWAS Commission has donated about 4,000 tonnes of food gadgets to the Federal Government for distribution to vulnerable households, to mitigate the outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sangare Sekou, the ECOWAS Commissioner of Agriculture, Water Resources and Environment, disclosed this at the presentation of the gadgets to the Federal Government on Saturday in Kano. […]

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NEWS: Senegal is looking to move an immense amount of ammonium nitrate

Port officials in Senegal seeks to transfer a vast quantity ammonium nitrate from its domain. Authorities in Senegal declare they had ordered the removal of 2 seven-hundred lots of ammonium nitrate from Dakar – a substance that brought on a important explosion in Beirut. Dakar’s port which is close to residential neighborhoods is stated to […]

Kenya: Kabaka pays President Uhuru Kenyatta a visit

Kabaka Mutebi has visited Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, a improvement that further dispels allegations that he used to be dead. “President Uhuru Kenyatta these days at State House, Nairobi held talks with the Kabaka of the Buganda Kingdom, Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II who paid him a visit,” a tweet from State Kenya […]