AFRICA

Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC.   Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also been arrested, despite earlier appeals for “brotherly dialogue”.   The apparent coup attempt in the West African nation began with gunfire at a key …

Queues have been witnessed outside liquor stores in major cities in South Africa.  The President Cyril Ramaphosa eased some of the restrictions to open the phase of South Africa’s economy. South Africa moves to Level two (2) of the Lockdown. The country has been battling with the virus since the …

  Two other senators were also detained and driven to their home counties under police guard Protests erupted in Kakamega town, in western Kenya, after the area’s senator was arrested by police on Monday. Demonstrators lit fires in the streets and blocked several roads calling for the release of their …

The visit by Minister Heiko Maas’ is to spur efforts to resolve the country’s long-running conflict Germany’s top diplomat arrived in Libya on Monday for a previously unannounced visit intended to spur international efforts to resolve the country’s long-running conflict. It is Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ first visit to Libya …

Imagine the house next door is on fire and there is no fire brigade to call on to avert an imminent disaster about to engulf you and your family. That is how Egypt has viewed Libya since the brutal end of former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his regime …

Ghana Union of Traders Association locks shops of Nigerians engaged in retail business Nigeria is to take “urgent steps” following a viral video showing the forced closure of shops belonging to Nigerian traders in Ghana. It comes just months after a major diplomatic row in which a building in the …

The Nigerian government has announced that it will reopen the country’s airspace for international passenger flights from the 29 August. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika tweeted that the flights’ resumption will begin with the country’s major airports in the capital, Abuja, and the commercial hub, Lagos. Nigerian airports were closed for …

Elebuibon said, “Eledumare is displeased with the shedding of the blood of innocent Nigerians. And there is grave punishment for that. It is happening in the north and down south. Political leaders and heads of security agencies in Nigeria must work to put an end to this. If they fail …

A 30-year-old man has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command after a CCTV camera exposed him for raping an 11-year-old girl in the state. The man, identified as Jomaph, was reportedly arrested along Oleh Road in the timber town at about 7a.m. Vanaguard reports, that the victim (name …

South Africa’s police minister has said the suspect who killed himself in police custody had confessed to the murders of several women in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Hundreds of community members gathered outside the Mzumbe magistrates’ court on Monday hoping to catch a glimpse of the suspects who were arrested for the …