France’s Sahel chief says ‘no redeployment’ to Niger from Mali
Ouagadougou – The head of France’s anti-jihadist mission in the Sahel on Friday said French forces that were being... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Nigeria seizes smuggled opioid capsules in Lagos port
Lagos – Nigeria’s narcotics agency has seized three million capsules of opioids at the main seaport in the commercial... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Fresh clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill at least 19
Khartoum – At least 19 people have been killed in Sudan’s restive Darfur region, officials said on Friday, in... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Ethiopia vows probe into gruesome video of man on fire
Nairobi – Ethiopia on Saturday vowed to investigate and take action against uniformed soldiers and others seen in a... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Libya armed groups step back after Tripoli escalation
Tripoli – Libya’s parliament-appointed prime minister said Friday that armed groups backing him had withdrawn from positions around Tripoli,... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Morocco sentences 45 teachers to jail over protests
Rabat – Forty-five Moroccan teachers have been handed suspended prison sentences for attending unauthorised protests last year over a... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
At least 10 die in raid on Burkina gold mine, security source says
Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists killed at least 10 workers during an attack on an illegal gold mine in northern... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Ugandan author and activist arrested, says lawyer
Kampala – Ugandan author and human rights activist, Norman Tumuhimbise, has been arrested ahead of his book launch, his lawyer... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Guinea junta chief calls national talks
Conakry – The ruling junta in Guinea has announced national conferences across the nation starting March 22, six months after overthrowing... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Child crushed in collapse of a house, as cyclone kills eight in Mozambique
Maputo – A cyclone struck northern Mozambique leaving at least eight people dead on Friday, the national institute for risk... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
