Nigeria: A 24-hour curfew throughout Jos after assassination of twenty two Muslim pilgrims
At least 22 people were killed on Saturday, August 14, in an attack on a convoy of Muslim pilgrims, attributed to a Christian militia. The […]
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Namibia: Fifty elephants sold by the State
Nearly nine months after putting 170 elephants up for sale, the Namibian Ministry of Environment announced that it had sold 57 pachyderms on Thursday, August […]
Madagascar: All ministers dismissed for unsatisfactory performance
President Andry Rajoelina dismissed all his ministers, days after expressing dissatisfaction with their performance. A major cleanup that also comes shortly after the announcement that […]
Zambians elect their president today among sixteen candidates
Zambians go to the polls today to choose a new president, parliament and local representatives in a general election that analysts say will be a […]
Sudan to surrender former President Omar al-Bashir to the ICC
Sudan will hand over former autocrat Omar al-Bashir and two other leaders to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has been seeking them for more […]
Malawi: Minister arrested for trying to steer oil contract bidding process
Malawi’s anti-corruption Bureau has arrested the Minister of Energy and two other officials for alleged corruption over a State oil contract. Malawi’s Energy Minister Newton […]
Sudan: New ICC Prosecutor visits Khartoum
The new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, began his first visit to Khartoum on Tuesday, which recently took a step […]
Cameroon suspends hundred illegal schools
The hunt for illegal schools is underway in Cameroon, less than a month before the start of the school year. A hundred private colleges have […]
Nigerian government threatens to have striking doctors replaced
The tone is rising between the Nigerian public sector doctors’ union, which is on strike, and the federal government. The latter is threatening to invoke […]
Biafra: Nigerian army accused of massacring 115 people in Southeast
Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of killing at least 115 people between March and June this year, in a crackdown on a secessionist […]