By: Zahid Jadwat At least ten of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's ministers have resigned after he...
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Africa’s Travel Indaba 2022: High Expectations Against Backdrop of Struggling Economy
By: Zahid Jadwat Africa's best travel and tourism show has kicked off in the coastal city of eThekwini...
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Ethiopia: Government Says Reports That Tigrayan Forces Left Afar Are ‘Big Lies’
By: Zahid Jadwat Despite a spokesman for the Tigrayan forces announcing their departure earlier this...
UN Calls for Nigeria Singer’s Blasphemy Sentence to be Overturned
The UN has called for the release of a Nigerian singer who has been sentenced to death by hanging. An Islamic court in Kano State had sentenced 22 year old Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy. The court had ruled that the song had blasphemed Prophet Muhammad (Peace be...
Mali’s Transitional President Sworn In
70-year-old former defense minister and retired air force colonel, Bah Ndaw, has been sworn in as interim president of Mali. A ceremony was held in the capital, Bamako, and follows former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita having been unseated in a military coup over a...
School Children Die in Nigeria Tanker Crash
25 people have been killed in central Nigeria after a fuel tanker exploded following a collision with other vehicles. The BBC reports that primary school children are among the dead. Several victims were burnt beyond recognition. The accident occurred on Wednesday...
UAE Talks on Possible Normalization Agreement between Sudan and Israel
A high-level delegation from Sudan is in the United Arab Emirates for talks with Emirati and US officials. The talks will take place separately. Al Jazeerah reports that the discussions will include Sudan’s removal from the US's list of countries that supposedly...
Ethiopia to Repatriate Women and Children after Saudi Camps Outrage
Global outrage over conditions in Saudi Arabia’s migrant detention camps has resulted in Ethiopia having decided to repatriate nearly 2,000 of it’s nationals by mid-October. The Ethiopian government began repatriating people, mostly women and children, last week. The...
Aid Worker Killed in DRC
An aid worker has been shot dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The BBC reports that the aid worker was killed in an ambush in eastern DRC. Aid group World Vision said another of its employees was seriously wounded in the ambush, while two were kidnapped during...
50 Expected Dead in Mine following Torrential Rains in DRC
Torrential rains in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have flooded a gold mine. There are fears that 50 miners have died. South Kivu governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi said most "most of them (are) young". The mayor of the town of Kamituga, Alexander Bundya, however...
Castration for Child Rapists in Kaduna State, Nigeria
In Kaduna State, Nigeria, surgical castration has been approved as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from re-offending. While Nigeria's federal...
Somalia Appoints Prosecutor to Investigate Crimes against Journalists
Somalia's attorney general, Dr Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud, has appointed a special prosecutor for crimes against journalists. Dr Mohamud said that the prosecutor will probe and prosecute “those who carried out killings and maiming of journalists.” He added that...