Africa

In power since March 2021, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has just lifted the ban on political meetings that had paralyzed the opposition since 2016. “You are all free to criticize the government,” said the president, who says she is ready to defend democracy and fundamental freedoms. This decision appears …

The Sudanese mineral resources company has announced the production of over 18 tons of gold in 2022 as it as the highest productivity in the history of the mineral sector in Sudan. The 18 tons and 637 kilograms of gold produced in 2022 originated from the production of the organized …

At least nine people were killed and several others injured in simultaneous car bomb attacks in a central Somali town, according to reports. “The blasts occurred near a restaurant not far from a district administration building in Mahas,” according to witnesses. “I saw the dead bodies of nine civilians including …

Spanish authorities have arrested members of this vast network, consisting of at least 43 people, for exporting electronic waste from the Canary Islands to West Africa, mainly Senegal, Mauritania, Ghana and Nigeria. They are accused of environmental crimes, falsification of documents and belonging to a criminal organization. This electronic waste, …

Assailants armed with guns and dangerous weapons, suspected to be cultists, shot dead a tricycle driver near the back gate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The assailants accosted, shot him and left him in a pool of his blood as he was returning to his house. “Residents and students …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested three suspects, including a woman, who allegedly kidnapped, raped and defrauded victims they met on Facebook in Ufuoma, Delta State, Nigeria. This was disclosed by the command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe, via his Twitter. He said that one of their victims, who sighted them, …

Men of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have dislodged several bandits and rescued 16 kidnap victims in some forests bordering Abuja and Kogi states, Nigeria. The policemen stormed the forests on Sunday, January 1, 2023, following reports of kidnappings in Anguwan Yango, Gulida, Chakumi, and Paikon Bassa villages in …

A woman and her three children have reportedly gone missing in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria, according to reports. The people of Umuokpara Amagu Nachi, in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, have been thrown into confusion. Family and friends have been going around the whole …

A roadside petrol seller has allegedly burned his friend and left him to die after a disagreement over a phone charger, Nigeria, according to reports. “I don’t know the guy before, he ran into my shop and said he was looking for someone who collected his charger, I told him …

A man identified as an herbalist, has slumped and died while allegedly having sex with a woman at a hotel in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria, according to reports. The woman was the wife of a cleric in one of the churches in the area. “She raised …