AFRICA

• The Boko Haram leader is reported to have died after an attack from fighters of a rival group, ISWAP • ISWAP broke away from the Shekau-led faction in 2016 after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) • Shekau has been the leader of Boko Haram since 2009 following …

A Nigerian judge was on Tuesday kidnapped from inside a court in the northern state of Katsina, local media report. The Sharia court judge, identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila, is said to have been kidnapped in the afternoon local time after armed attackers broke into the court in Zakat village. …

  Two offices belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi were set on fire by hoodlums on Tuesday night. The offices hit by the inferno were located in Ezza North and Ebonyi Local Government areas. The Nations reports that no casualties were recorded but the buildings and …

A Nigerian woman, Nkechinyere Nnaama, 49, and her 16-year-old daughter were allegedly murdered in a suspected botched rape attempt on March 30, 2021. According to Facebook user, Amaka Okeagu, the mother came back home from school and found a young man she shared her flat with, attempting to rape her …

  • The twin infant daughters of the couple can now travel to Namibia • One of the parents is a Namibian professor whiles his husband is Mexican • The couple married in South Africa and got the girls through surrogacy The Namibian government through its home affairs ministry, has …

  What started as a part-time activity on the veranda of his father’s shop in 1957, became the livelihood for an 80-year-old motorcycle mechanic in Uganda’s Jinja City. Mr Elias Lwanga left his ancestral home in Katende Village, Mawokota Sub-county in Mpigi District in 1965 and has since settled in …

It’s a heart wrenching scene in the occupied West Bank in Ramallah. Palestinians help to evacuate those wounded during clashes with Israeli security forces. The incident occurred at a protest to voice concerns against the latest round of tensions. Calls for a ceasefire continue to mount following the escalating attacks. …

Ahmad Isah of the Brekete family has been severely criticized for hitting a woman in a TBEN interview. The rights activist, alias Ordinary President, hosts a program on Human Rights Radio 101.1 in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Isah rose to fame for using her platform to help citizens spread …

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is calling for the restructuring of the global financial architecture, so it can respond better to the needs of Africa. He has also asked for the cancellation of debts owed by African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19pandemic. Taking his turn to address the Summit …

• The Rasta Society of Kenya is in court over criminalization of weed smoking • RSK wants court to declare smoking a means of connecting with their maker • A court in 2019 said Rastafarianism was a religion Adherents of the Rastafarian faith in Kenya have gone to court over …