AFRICA

The United States urged Nigerian authorities on Friday to investigate an air strike that Reuters reported killed dozens of cattle herders earlier this year and highlighted a pattern of deadly aerial assaults. Dozens of ethnic Fulani herders died in a January 24 aerial bombing in the central state of Nasarawa, …

National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says arrests are imminent in relation to the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend and celebrity chef Tebello ” Tibz”. The two were shot dead outside a popular restaurant along Florida Road in Durban in February this year. Kiernan AKA Forbes fatal …

Police in Rongai, Kajiado County, Kenya, have launched investigations after a woman allegedly killed her two children, stabbed her husband three times in the head and neck after he returned home at midnight before attempting suicide. Christine Karimi, who was admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), in critical condition, …

Angolan President João Lourenço has dismissed the country’s Minister of Economic and Social Development, Manuel Nunes Júnior, in the midst of widespread protests sparked by the government’s decision to eliminate fuel subsidies. The move to end subsidies, aimed at reducing government spending, went into effect on June 1, causing a …

Growing up in Rwanda, Theresie Nyirakajumba’s culture did not allow girls to associate with boys. In other words, it was taboo for a girl to be found together with a man. Owing to this, she never developed any feelings for men and even when she was mature enough to get …

A Kano State Sharia court has sentenced one Habiba to three months in prison calling her friend, Rukayya Muhammad, a prostitute.   Habiba was arraigned before the court by the police for calling and addressing her friend as “sharmota”, which means prostitute, on her WhatsApp status.   She sent the …

Senegal’s foreign ministry announced Tuesday it was temporarily closing its overseas consulates amid raging political tensions that have fuelled attacks on its diplomatic missions in Paris, Bordeaux, Milan and New York. Deadly protests broke out last week in the Senegalese capital Dakar and other cities, following the sentencing of popular …

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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 after one out of three tests conducted on him returned a positive result. The revelation came shortly after his State of the Nation address on Wednesday, where he informed the public about his slight cold and subsequent …

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