Thousands of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), civilians are fleeing their residences after multiple horrifying attacks committed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The United Nations has characterised the massacre as being “truly horrific”. With the level of violence escalating, it evidences a deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in one of Africa’s most […]
South Africans needing smart ID cards have extra breathing room this January. The Department of Home Affairs has extended office issuing hours, and the move runs through Jan 16. The update covers Smart ID and passport work at participating offices, with longer afternoon service meant to ease queues after the holiday rush. It is a […]
The Military in Nigeria has denied allegations that it has been secretly burying soldiers killed in the Boko Haram terrorist war. According to the report by Wall Street Journal at least 1,000 soldiers killed since the terror groups began an offensive last summer have been buried at the sprawling secret graveyard in Maiduguri and an […]
The mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has died of wounds sustained in a suicide bomb attack on his office, government officials said on Thursday. He died in Qatar where he had gone for treatment after the attack. Abdirahman Omar Osman was a naturalised Briton who returned to Somalia to help rebuild the war-torn country after […]
The British Government has said Nigerians will gain from Brexit as it was an opportunity of opening its relationship with the rest of the world. The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Gill Atkinson gave the advice when she paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Idris […]
The mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has died in Qatar of wounds sustained in an Al-Shabaab inspired suicide bomb attack on his office, government officials said on Thursday. Abdirahman Omar Osman, a naturalised Briton died in Qatar where he had gone for treatment after the attack. He returned to Somalia to help rebuild the war-torn […]
Ibrahim Gambari, Nigeria’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has advised the Federal Government to make war against terrorism one of its priorities in the country’s foreign policy. Gambari gave the advice on Wednesday in Abuja while delivering a lecture at the 2019 Annual Lecture of the Association of Foreign Relations Professionals of Nigeria […]
The ten detained leaders of the Ambazonia separatist movement say lawyers defending are under constant threats from security forces. The detained leaders who embarked on a hunger strike yesterday to request government to reveal the whereabouts of fellow Anglophone detainees who were extracted from the Kondengui prison over a week ago. In a letter addressed […]
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria do hereby announce to the general public and the international community that it has temporarily suspended its Free Zakzaky street protests to allow for some new openings into the resolution of the problems, especially the court case instituted by our lawyers on the proscription order made by the federal government […]
Lessons in all Sudanese schools have been suspended indefinitely amid mass demonstrations over the shooting death of schoolchildren at a rally. The ruling military authorities ordered schools nationwide to close their doors from Wednesday, the state news agency said. Protesting students gathered in cities including the capital Khartoum following the killings on Monday. Five people […]
A pioneering app in South Africa lets investors, eager to benefit from rising global beef demand, buy shares in a cow from their mobile phone for as little as 576 rand ($41). Self-styled “crowd-farming” company Livestock Wealth connects investors with small-scale farmers via its “MyFarmbook” app, where they can buy their own cow and receive […]
About six million rosewood trees have been cut down in Ghana for illegal export to China since 2012, an environmental group says. The rare species, which takes 100 years to grow, is mostly used to make imperial-style furniture in China. The report blames corrupt officials in Ghana for forging documents to allow the wood to […]
Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Mkhaitir, a blogger sentenced to death in 2014 has been freed by authorities in Mauritania, press rights group Reporters Without Borders, RSF, have disclosed in a July 30, 2019 statement. He was released at dawn of Monday (July 29), the statement added stressing that confessional posts on Facebook and TV had […]
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in Ghana as the head of a Congressional delegation to hold discussions with President Nana Akufo-Addo Monday and to address Ghana’s lawmakers on Wednesday. While in Ghana, Pelosi and other members of the U.S. Congress plan discussions on “regional security, sustainable and inclusive development and the challenges of tomorrow […]
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General James Swan made his first visit to the Horn of Africa on Sunday. Swan discussed the importance of building Somaliland’s achievements and the impending elections. “We also discussed the importance of completing the necessary preparatory work to proceed to credible parliamentary and local elections very soon and […]
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP), Mrs Cynthia Morrison has revealed that about 895 victims of human trafficking have been rescued since 2017 by the ministry in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service and the Economic and Organised Crime Organization (EOCO) Addressing a programme in Accra, she described the […]
She had been admitted at the facility’s ICU last week after her arrival from India where she was receiving treatment. Laboso had left the country on May 29 for the United Kingdom (Royal Madden NHS hospital) where she stayed before being transferred for further treatment in India. She had been put on full bed rest […]
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said in a statement on Monday afternoon that he has informed the Eskom Annual General Meeting (AGM) of his decision to appoint Jabu Mabuza as the interim executive chair for Eskom and acting CEO of Eskom Holdings. Mabuza will assume the duty as acting group CEO for Eskom due to […]
A campaign to plant 200 million young trees in a day has kicked off in Ethiopia under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s wider plan to lead the planting of four billion saplings. The July 29 campaign, under Aniy’s “Green Legacy Initiative” if achieved will be a world record according to the Guinness Book of World Records. […]
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria has condemned moves to label the group, a terrorist organization. Over the weekend, an Abuja court ordered the government to ban the radical shiite group on terrorism grounds after a spate of deadly protests in the capital. “IMN (Islamic Movement of Nigeria) is a tendency, it is not an organization. […]