Speaking to reporters on Friday, UN Secretary General Guterres noted that serious cuts to humanitarian aid by the US is going to unleash highly damaging consequences for millions of people across the globe. Guterres said…
Why is Turkey sending forces to Libya? The…
At a special session on 2 January, Turkish MPs passed a bill to send Turkish troops and military equipment to Libya, including new generation of Bayraktar TB2 drones. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had sought parliamentary…
Arrest Jammeh, ban his party: Gambians demand
Hundreds of Gambians on Saturday called for the arrest and prosecution of the country’s former president Yahya Jammeh, arguing that the victims of his 22-year rule deserve justice. Jammeh ruled Gambia with an iron fist…
Burundi ruling party chooses Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye to…
Burundi’s Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye was on Sunday confirmed as the ruling party’s candidate in the May presidential elections. The national conference for the ruling CNDD- FDD party in the rural province of Gitega is the…
Lagos waterfront evictions highlight Nigeria oil and land…
The lagoon waters at the port entrance to Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, are usually teeming with small fishing boats.But the bustling waterfront slums of Lagos are now quiet after the navy evicted tens of thousands…
Heavy Rain Wipes Out Many In Madagascar
At least 21 people have died in Madagascar following almost a week of torrential rain in the north-west of the island, the government said on Friday. The tropical Indian Ocean nation is in the midst…
Zimbabwe judge blasts soldiers for harassing Chiwenga’s wife
Zimbabwe’s vice president Constantino Chiwenga and the military were on Friday criticised for abusing state resources, when soldiers were used in a divorce-related dispute. Judge Christopher Dube-Banda handed out a scathing ruling saying the military’s…
Ugandans must talk about transition: outgoing US ambassador
The outgoing United States ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Malac says a discussion on transition in the East African nation is inevitable, adding that it goes beyond politics. Malac told journalists in Uganda on Thursday the…
Erdogan: Turkey keeps fostering terrorism in Libya
Turkey will not leave Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj alone, and it is “determined to provide as much support as it can,” Turkish president said Friday, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking in a joint press conference…
Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather…
Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a region still reeling from drought and deadly floods, experts said Friday. Dense clouds of the…
Ethiopian, South Africa airlines most favoured by Nigeria’s…
The frequently flown airlines by Nigerian drug traffickers in 2019 were Ethiopian and South African airways, both coming in and going out, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) revealed today. Garba Ahmadu, the NDLEA…
Turkish airstrikes target Yazidi areas recovering from ISIS…
Turkey again carried out a targeted assassination of Yazidi members of a far-left group in Sinjar in northern Iraq on Wednesday, according to local reports. It is one of several airstrikes Turkey has carried out…
Angola charges Isabel dos Santos with fraud, embezzlement
Angola’s billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sonangol. Documents leaked this week alleged the daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo…
Inside Burundi’s retirement package for ‘Supreme Leader’ Nkurunziza
Burundi lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation that will effectively hand outgoing president Pierre Nkurunziza a handsome retirement package that includes a one-time payment of one billion Burundian francs” ($530,000, 480,000 euros). Nkurunziza is set to…
29 villagers massacred in tribal attack
Suspected Misseriya tribesmen killed at least 29 people, where some were burned to death in their homes, in an attack on a village in the disputed Abyei border region of South Sudan on Wednesday, a…
UAE condemns terrorist attack in Burkina Faso
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) strongly condemned the terrorist attack which targeted a village in northern Burkina Faso, leaving several people dead and injured. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation reiterated the UAE…
Militants attack, burn market in Burkina Faso killing…
Militants attacked a market in Burkina Faso’s Sanmatenga province, killing at least 36 people and wounding several others, the government said Tuesday. The gunmen then burned the market, according to a government statement. The violence…
Displacements in Ethiopia’s Oromia region amid recent fighting
Recent fighting between state forces and armed groups in Ethiopia’s Oromia region has led to displacements in the region, the largest and most populous in the country. The privately-owned Addis Standard portal quoted the United…
Boko Haram beheads Christian leader in Nigeria
Boko Haram insurgents beheaded a Christian leader in their captivity on Monday, according to Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist closely covering the crisis in Nigeria and across the Lake Chad region. The journalist in a…
