Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will travel to France next June as part of a state visit, the Algerian presidency announced on Sunday, after a telephone conversation between the two heads of state. During this meeting, the two presidents “discussed bilateral relations and the means of strengthening them, including the state …
Read More »Man killed for discovering the truth about his wife’s son
A 36-year-old lawyer was arrested for killing her husband, a 41-year-old attorney, after he discovered that their servant was his wife’s biological son in Ghana. “The late Barrister did not know that the boy who has been living with him in his house for years, was his wife’s son,” according …
Read More »26 new bodies of suspected cult members exhumed in Kenya
Twenty-six new bodies were exhumed in eastern Kenya on Sunday, bringing to 47 the number of remains discovered since Friday by police. “It comes after an investigation into the deaths of followers of a cult whose leader is said to have been told to fast for meet Jesus,” police said. …
Read More »Large number of EU citizens evacuated from Sudan
More than 1,000 European Union citizens were evacuated from Sudan over the weekend amid the deadly fighting between rival army factions, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. Mr Borell told journalists that it had been a complex operation but had been successful – adding that the EU …
Read More »24-year-old man shot dead in Ogun State
Suspected cultists have killed a 24-year-old man in Igode, Ogijo, the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased, a native of Benue State, was shot dead at about 8 p.m.“ “The deceased was outside their house at Fakile in the Igode community, when the assailants …
Read More »Nigeria: father starves his two children to death
A 45-year-old man has been arrested for chaining and locking his two children in solitary confinement which led to their death in Ibiade, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. “The suspect, father of three accused his children of stealing,” reports said. “He chained and locked the children …
Read More »Three teenagers drown in White Volta river
A community in the Kassena Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region, was thrown into a state of mourning when two siblings and their friend got drowned in the White Volta River, Ghana. The deceased, all teenagers, were among eight others who had gone to the river to wash mango …
Read More »West Africa faces acute food shortages with thousands near famine, UN says
Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa will face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year peak spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and prices high, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic …
Read More »Former Gambian minister charged with crimes against humanity
Prosecutors in Switzerland have charged a former Gambian interior minister with crimes against humanity and other offences. They accuse Ousman Sonko of involvement in and failure to prevent systematic attacks on opponents of the former president, Yahya Jammeh. Mr Sonko held several senior posts in the authoritarian administration of Mr …
Read More »Japan to evacuate citizens amid fighting in Sudan
Authorities in Japan are planning to send a military aircraft to evacuate the country’s citizens from Sudan amid the deadly fighting. Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said that as of Wednesday, there were 60 Japanese nationals stuck in Sudan. He said the government would do “its utmost to ensure the …
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