Cameroon: Gunshots, ghost town rock Kumba

Gunshots were heard in parts of Kumba on Monday morning as parts of the city got up to the regular ghost towns despite efforts at the weekend to frustrate the move. Sources say shots were…

Activists move to declare new federal state in…

Speculation is rife in Ethiopia that the Sidama area in the southern region will be granted a referendum to determine whether it should become its own federal state. Sidama is currently part of the multi-ethnic…

Somalia: Aftermath of Deadly Hotel Siege

Ruins of a deadly hotel siege are left in the Port city of Kismayo in Southern Somalia on Saturday. Damaged vehicles and other properties lay on the premises of the hotel. President of the semi-autonomous…

South Sudan’s Machar Wants House Arrest Lifted

South Sudan’s opposition leader, Riek Machar says he is ready to pursue progressive peace talks with president Salva Kiir, nearly a year after the latest peace deal was signed. In a letter to Kiir’s security…

At Least 26 Dead as Gunmen Storm Somali…

At least 26 people, including a prominent journalist and several foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in southern Somalia. A suicide bomber rammed a car containing explosives into the Asasey hotel…

Around R1m Worth of Heroin Found in Briefcase…

A traveller was arrested at the Cape Town International Airport this week after customs officers found around three kilograms of heroin in his luggage, the SA Revenue Service (SARS) said on Friday. The heroin had…

Cameroon Takes Over Chairmanship of COMIFAC

Cameroon’s Minister of Forestry and wild life Jules Doret Ndongo is the new chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the Central African Forests Commission dubbed COMIFAC for the next two years. Jules Doret Ndongo…

Kenya: Uhuru Stops La Mada Meetings by Cabinet…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed Cabinet Secretaries from Mt Kenya region to stop their night meetings at Hotel La Mada. In a move aimed at quelling the unease in his ruling Jubilee Party, Uhuru directed…

NAM1 Arrives, Whisked to Police HQ

Citi News can confirm that embattled Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah has arrived in Ghana and is currently being interrogated by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. Nana…