Congo seeks Nigeria’s backing for diplomat to lead UNESCO
…As VP Shettima receives PM Makosso, hails country’s leadership in Great Lakes region Vice President Kashim Shettima has affirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening diplomatic ties...
Africa
S Africa’s police intelligence chief arrested over fraud allegations
South Africa’s criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo has been arrested and has appeared in court on allegations of fraud and corruption. Gen Khumalo was picked up on Thursday eveni...
Paul Biya’s ally Issa Tchiroma Bakary quits ‘broken’ government to challenge him
Issa Tchiroma Bakary – a prominent minister and long-time ally of President Paul Biya – has quit Cameroon’s government, in the hope of ending 92-year-old Biya’s four-decade gri...
At least 16 people killed and 400 injured in Kenyan protests
At least 16 people have been killed and 400 injured in Kenya as a nationwide demonstration to honour those killed during last year’s anti-government protests turned chaotic, with police clashing wit...
Police officers charged with murder of Kenyan blogger
Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief ...
I am concerned about the slow pace of ECOWAS Standby Force says Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep concern over the slow pace of activating the ECOWAS Standby Force and urged West African leaders to move swiftly from concept to reality in the collectiv...
200 Jihadists on motorbikes storm Niger army base
More than 200 gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead, the country’s defence ministry said. The attackers – descri...
Kenyan court sentences men to 30 years in prison for aiding 2019 hotel attack
A Kenyan court on Thursday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for aiding a 2019 attack by militant members of the al Shabaab group. The attack was on a hotel and office complex in Nairobi that ki...
Rwanda arrests opposition leader
Rwanda has arrested prominent opposition leader Victoire Ingabire. Victoire Ingabire is currently held at a detention facility in the capital Kigali on charges of inciting the public and creating a cr...
Over 60 people killed in South Africa floods
Over 60 people, including several schoolchildren, have been killed in the floods that have swept through South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. Torrential rain and snow have hit parts of the coun...
Namibian minister sacked after being accused of rape
Namibia’s agriculture minister has been sacked after being accused of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago. Mac-Albert Hengari was arrested on Saturday after allegedly attempting to bribe th...
Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak
Uganda on Saturday declared an end to the country’s latest outbreak of ebola, three months after authorities confirmed cases of the highly infectious and often fatal viral hemorrhagic infection ...
