This week, four aid convoys carrying various forms of humanitarian supplies from the United Arab Emirates crossed the Rafah Border Crossing into the Gaza Strip. It is increasing the total number of convoys dispatched to…
Ex-KVDA Boss David Kimosop Arrested at JKIA
The former Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) managing director David Kimosop has been arrested. Mr Kimosop was detained on Friday morning at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as he returned to the country from Kinshasa…
Four Suspects Arrested in Connection With Murder of…
Four persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of US-based Ghanaian rapper, Nana Yaw Opoku, alias Junior US. The 33-year-old was shot in the chest on April 18 at his apartment in Southwest…
Nigerian Air Force Promotes Officer For Returning €37,000…
The Nigerian Air Force has promoted aircraftman Bashir Umar, for exhibiting good conduct by returning €37,000 he found at Aminu Kano Airport, Kano. Voice of Nigeria reports that he was promoted two levels, from aircraftman…
Libya Boat Mishap ‘Worst Mediterranean Tragedy’ of 2019…
At least 116 migrants are missing and another 132 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Komas, a town east of the capital Tripoli.…
South Africa: State Capture Witness Claims Vrede Cops…
The Vrede police station in the Free State has been called out yet again for ignoring political cases relating to the Gupta-linked Estina dairy farm project, the state capture commission of inquiry heard on Thursday.…
Libya: Scores Feared Missing in Shipwreck
Up to 150 people may have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the UN refugee agency says. A further 150 people were rescued by fishermen and returned to Libya by coastguards, the…
Cameroon: Canada Open To Help Cameroon Solve Anglophone…
Canada has reiterated its desire to help Cameroon solve the crisis in the North West and South West regions of the country. The stance was reiterated by the outgoing Canadian Ambassador to Cameroon Nathalie O’Neil…
Cameroon: 177 Inmates In Police Custody After Kondengui…
At least 177 detaines have been taken into custody in relation to the protests that rocked the Yaounde Central Prison on Monday, the government has announced. Communication Minister Rene Emmanuel Sadi said in a communiqué…
Nigerian Pirates Hijack Vessel at Ghana Port Anchorage
The Ghana Navy is in hot pursuit of pirates who hijacked a vessel from the Tema anchorage and proceeded towards Togolese waters but abandoned the operation midway. The Flag Officer Commanding the Eastern Naval Command…
United States to deny visas to Nigerians who…
The United States on Tuesday imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians it said were involved in trying to undermine democracy in presidential and parliamentary elections this year. The U.S. State Department however did not name the…
Cameroon Forces Quash Prison Riot Posted on Facebook
Cameroon's security forces put down a riot by prisoners who ransacked and burnt a jail in the capital Yaounde overnight, witnesses told AFP on Tuesday. The rioters, many of them government opponents or supporters of…
South Africa: ‘Customers’ Caught on CCTV in Brazen…
Staff members at upmarket jewellery store in Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg, were showing expensive watches and rings to an interested "customer" when they suddenly found themselves being robbed of goods worth R8m. According…
Ethiopia Deploys Soldiers to Take Over Security in…
Ethiopia’s government said on Monday it would deploy soldiers and federal police to take over security in a restive southern region following days of violence that has left at least 18 people dead. “The regular…
South Sudan Bans Singing of Anthem in Kiir’s…
South Sudan’s information minister Michael Makuei said on Monday that the country’s cabinet had banned anyone from singing the national anthem unless the president is present. Makuei told AFP that different leaders and institutions were…
Nigeria: Shiites Protest Turns Violent in Abuja
A protest by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) turned violent on Monday in Abuja. The protesters reportedly clashed with security agencies close to the Federal Secretariat in the Nigerian capital. Monday’s incident…
South Africa’s anti-graft chief Busisiwe Mkwebane ‘lied under…
South Africa's highest court has ruled that the public protector - the state official in charge of investigating corruption - had lied under oath and acted in bad faith. The devastating judgement will add weight…
Cameroon Security Forces Accused of Raping Women, Killing…
Human Rights Watch has accused Cameroon security forces of killing at least four civilians and raped one woman in mid June during operations in the North West region of Cameroon. Amongst those killed was an…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa Seeks Review of ‘Flawed’ Graft…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said he will seek an urgent judicial review of what he described as an irretrievably flawed report in which the country’s graft watchdog said he misled parliament over…
