Africa

The Somali government says it has killed more than 130 fighters from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab – including top commanders. It says a joint operation was carried out with Somalia’s international partners, which include the US military. The group has recently lost swathes of territory as the result of …

A female corpse slated for burial has gone missing from the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. “The family of the deceased came to the hospital to take the body for burial the body could not be found among 69 other bodies shown to …

Gunmen opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday in a township in South Africa on Sunday, killing eight and injuring three, police said Monday. “The owner of the house was celebrating his birthday when two unknown persons, armed, entered the property on Sunday evening in the port …

Kenya’s Wild Service (KWS) over the weekend explained why a captive lion had to undergo vasectomy earlier in the week, local media reported. KWS had initially said the procedure was meant to control the lion’s breeding, but Kenyans questioned why it could not instead be released into the wild amid …

A man has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing four persons and using their intestines for peppered soup meal in Okwalie community, Khana Local Government Area of the State, Nigeria. The four men were killed after they were kidnapped and taken to an undisclosed location. The convict was …

Egypt on Thursday unveiled four tombs of pharaonic dignitaries and a more than 4,000-year-old mummy at Saqqara near Cairo, the latest of discoveries announced with great fanfare by a country keen to bring tourists back. It was in the necropolis of Saqqara, known for the famous step pyramid of Pharaoh …

Unknown assailants have butchered young man aged 30 at Krofrom in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, according to reports. “Residents suspected a revenge attack by the assailants a year after the deceased harmed their colleague,” according to Nhyira News. “The deceased died after receiving multiple cutlass wounds from the assailants,” according …

A leader of the Daesh group, identified as Bilal al-Sudani, and “about ten people” linked to the terrorist organization were killed on Wednesday in a US raid in Somalia, the US executive said on Thursday. “Al-Sudani was responsible for encouraging the Islamic State group’s growing presence in Africa and funding …

Police in Benue State have arrested the leader of a nine-man gang that tortured an 89-year-old man in Gwer East Local Government Area of Nigeria. “The 89- year-old man was abducted by a nine-man gang for alleged witchcraft against a young man who had been sick in the area as …

Kenya’s deputy president has ordered government administrators in the country’s central region to enforce a one-pub-per-town directive that was issued last week. Rigathi Gachagua also wants entertainment joints in the region to only operate between 17:00 to 23:00 in new measures meant to deal with alcoholism. There are fears the …