Africa

A Court in Kampala has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and political activist Samuel Walter Mukaaku after the two allegedly fled from court in a case in which they are accused of incitement to violence, Dailymonitor reported. The court’s senior magistrate, Asuman Muhumuza, was asked …

Men of the Borno State Police Command have arrested 10 persons for killing a police constable in Maiduguri, the state capital, Nigeria. “The suspects were two females and eight males,” reports said. The officer killed was attached to the command’s fissure police unit and deployed in Malari, in the Konduga …

Russia has called for the immediate release of the President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, overthrown by soldiers in a coup. “We count on the rapid release of President Bazoum by the military,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. “We call all parties to …

Twenty-four people, including four children have died in a bus crash in northern Senegal, according to reports. “The bus had been coming from a town in the north of the country and was overcrowded with 76 people on board with 16 more than the permitted number,” reports said. “Overcrowding was …

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemns the unconstitutional change in government” in Niger, his spokesman said on Wednesday. It came after Nigerien soldiers announced a coup on national TV, saying they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation’s borders. “Mr Guterres said he was deeply …

Flights arriving or departing from Libreville, the Gabonese capital, have been canceled since Monday and those who were in the air have been diverted to neighboring countries. Léon-Mba international airport has been paralyzed since last Monday due to a giant power outage. According to the airport’s officials “no plane has …

Senegalese President, Macky Sall has condemned the ongoing military coup d’État in Niger, calling for the security and safety of President Mohamed Bazoum. In a message on Twitter, the former head of the African Union condemned the coup, called for the security and safety of President Bazoum as well as …

A 37-year-old farmer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s six-year-old daughter in Ijebu-Owo, Owo Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. The suspect was arrested by men of the state police command after committing the act. “He had carnal knowledge of the victim in his room …

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has said the country’s “hard-won achievements will be safeguarded” after soldiers announced a coup on national TV. “All Nigerien who love democracy and freedom will see to it,” according to a statement on the detained leader’s account on Twitter. The foreign minister posted on the same …

The body of a Beninese woman of about 45 was discovered by French police on July 22 in a freezer in the apartment of her boyfriend, a 47-year-old Algerian. The victim had been reported missing since the evening of July 20. Alerted, what the police will discover two days later …