On Friday, 95 Libyan nationals were seized by South African police from a suspected covert military training facility. Authorities are now looking at other areas of the nation for possible unlawful bases. Found on a…
300 migrants ‘still held in Libya centre’ hit…
Around 300 migrants are still being held in the detention centre in Libya where more than 44 people were killed in an air strike, the International Organisation for Migration said on Thursday. Of the 600…
Ethiopia Faces Another Threat For Autonomous Region
A fresh crisis is haunting Ethiopia as the small Sidama ethnic group is threatening to unilaterally declare on July 18 a new semi-autonomous region in defiance of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal government. The Sidama,…
Ghana Will Be Prosperous After My Mandate –…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday stated that his government had a clear vision on where it was taking the country, saying that by the end of his mandate, Ghana would have emerged a…
Direct Order From State Protocol Chief Prompted Gupta’s…
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation's senior foreign affairs assistant, William Matjila, has told the commission of inquiry into state capture that he started realising that there were irregularities in the Gupta's Waterkloof landing…
3 Men Linked to Garissa University Attack Get…
A court has handed life and 41 years sentences to three men linked to the 2015 Garissa University attack. Two convicts, Hassan Edin Hassan and Mohamed Anika were jailed for 41 years, as the court…
Cameroon: Owners of vehicles involved in West region…
The Minister of Transport Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe has sanctioned the two owners of the vehicles involved in the road accident that occurred in Baham, West region of Cameroon on June 23, 2019, taking…
Yaounde hosts 7th session of Cameroon-Nigeria trans-border security…
Cameroon’s political capital is currently hosting the 7 th session of the Cameroon-Nigeria trans-border security committee at the Yaounde Conference Centre, scheduled to end Friday July 5, 2019. The three-day session features amongst others plenary…
DRC President Calls Ituri violence ‘Attempted Genocide’
President Felix Tshisekedi described inter-ethnic bloodshed in DRC's northeast as "attempted genocide" after scores of people were killed and tens of thousands displaced. The leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo said the violence…
EFF Slams Ramaphosa for Backing Gordhan, Claims President’s…
The EFF has again criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa over his failure to act with regards to the Public Protector's remedial action over Pravin Gordhan. Ramaphosa said he would only act on the public enterprises minister…
Dennis Itumbi Arrested in Ruto Assassination Probe
Former State House Director of Digital Communications Dennis Itumbi has been arrested. Itumbi was arrested today at City Hall, Nairobi by investigators probing the alleged plot to assassinate Deputy President William Ruto that has pushed…
Police Rescue Nigerian President’s In-law From Kidnappers
Police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano said on Tuesday they had rescued an in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari from kidnappers, freeing him after an overnight gunfight with his abductors. Special police operatives on…
Tunisia ‘wanted’ man blows himself up after police…
Tunisian security forces have killed a man wearing an explosive belt after chasing him in the capital Tunis, an interior ministry spokesperson said early on Wednesday. The spokesperson said there were no casualties and that…
7000 Ghanaians Face Deportation From US
7000 Ghanaians face deportation from the US as the crackdown on illegal migrants begins after 4 July... US President Donald Trump says the deportation of undocumented migrants will begin after July 4. “We will be…
Uganda Has Excess Cane, But Won’t Sell to…
Uganda has blocked a request to export excess sugar cane from outgrowers in Busoga region to Kenya. Farmers say they have an overproduction of some 500,000 tones of sugar that processors are unable to absorb…
Nigeria: Fatoyinbo Steps Down As Senior Pastor Of…
Biodun Fatoyinbo, Founder and Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, has stepped down from his position in the church. This is coming a day after a massive protest was staged at his Lagos and…
Kenya’s Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore Dies Of Cancer
Kenyans have taken to social media to eulogise Safaricom’s Chief Executive Officer Robert William Collymore, who the company said died after a nearly two-year long battle with cancer. “It is with deep sorrow that we…
Ethiopia Airs Voice of Alleged Coup Leader Killed…
Ethiopia has released a recording of the state militia commander it says led a failed coup attempt last week in which dozens of people, including five top officials, were killed. A state militia commanded by…
Kenyans Blame Uhuru for Country’s Poor Direction –…
President Uhuru Kenyatta has been blamed for the wrong direction the country is taking. The findings in an Infotrak poll conducted by Infotrak Research and Consulting between June 22-23 say some 26 per cent of…
