Four policemen killed during protest in east DRC
Beni – Unidentified gunmen killed four policemen in Butembo in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, the army... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Burkina junta says army to win back areas lost to rebels
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s army will deploy a new strategy to push back jihadist insurgents and recapture lost territory,... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Four dead in DRC mine attack, two Chinese missing
Bunia – Four people have been killed and two Chinese workers gone missing after soldiers and militiamen battled over... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Cameroon troops ‘summarily killed’ 10 in crackdown, says HRW
Libreville – Troops in Cameroon’s Northwest Region have “summarily killed” at least 10 people in a crackdown against anglophone... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
‘Catastrophe’: East DRC hospital overflows amid rebel fighting
Rutshuru – Dozens of bandaged patients lounge on beds in a hushed hospital ward in eastern Democratic Republic of... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Calm returns to Sierra Leone as protest death toll rises
Freetown – Calm returned to Sierra Leone on Thursday a day after an economic protest spiralled into violence the... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Nigeria’s Buhari vows safe rescue of train attack hostages
Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday vowed to rescue 31 hostages taken in a train attack and... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Nigeria’s president under pressure as insecurity spirals
Lagos – Mounting attacks from jihadists and criminal gangs, including a brazen assault close to the capital, are creating... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
South Africa arrests 20 ‘instigators’ of deadly 2021 riots
Johannesburg – South African police on Thursday arrested 20 people suspected of being among the instigators of riots that... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
42 Mali soldiers killed in suspected jihadist attacks
Bamako – Forty-two Malian soldiers died in a sophisticated weekend attack by suspected jihadists using drones artillery, authorities said... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
