Three killed in attack on local Nigerian election office
Lagos – Three gunmen were killed early on Monday when police repelled an assault on an election office in... Read more
13 Dec, 2022
DRC Tutsis face threats, prejudice amid rebel crisis
Goma – Sitting in a small courtyard in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a 55-year-old Tutsi woman... Read more
12 Dec, 2022
12 killed in attack in northern Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou – At least 12 people, most of them civilian volunteers supporting the armed forces, were killed in northern... Read more
9 Dec, 2022
Nine dead in fresh Burkina Faso violence, sources say
Ouagadougou – At least nine civilians have been killed in violent attacks in northern Burkina Faso, witnesses told AFP... Read more
8 Dec, 2022
Thousands flee violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile: UN
Juba – Violence in South Sudan’s far north has forced thousands of civilians to flee in recent weeks, UN... Read more
8 Dec, 2022
Nigeria denies mass ‘abortion programme’ among victims of jihadists
Lagos – Nigeria’s military has conducted a years-long illicit programme to carry out abortions among women and girls who... Read more
8 Dec, 2022
Hunger, cholera stalk displacement camps near east DRC city
Goma – Thousands of tiny makeshift shelters hug the road leading north out of Goma, a symptom of the... Read more
8 Dec, 2022
Somalia forces recapture key town from jihadists, says president
Mogadishu – Somali government forces and allied militias have recaptured a strategic town held by Al-Shabaab jihadists since 2016,... Read more
7 Dec, 2022
Gunmen kill police, civilians in Nigeria market attack
Kano – Gunmen in northwest Nigeria have killed six people, including four policemen, in the latest violence to hit... Read more
7 Dec, 2022
Scepticism greets Sudan’s post-coup political deal
Khartoum – The signing of an initial deal by Sudan’s military regime and civilians has been widely hailed by... Read more
7 Dec, 2022
