Africa

Deadly clashes have broken out between artisanal gold miners in northern Chad, leaving people dead and injured, the interim government announced on Wednesday. The violence broke out at an informal gold mining site in the mountainous Kouri Bougoudi district, near the border with Libya, where the army has been fighting …

Nigeria’s police cyber-crime unit has arrested a 37-year-old Nigerian man alleged to be the head of a transnational cyber-crime syndicate. The syndicate launched mass phishing campaigns and business email compromise schemes targeting companies and individual victims, according to a statement by Interpol. The suspect was arrested at Murtala Mohammed International …

An incident occurred in the Ga-Mokgopa section of South Africa’s North West Province where a mob burned to death three men accused of being drug traffickers, police said. The victims, aged 22 to 36, burned and died in the home, police said in a statement. According to the police, members …

Tunisian President Kais Saied has issued a new decree calling on citizens to a referendum on a new constitution scheduled for July 25. Polls will start from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time and there will be a question about whether people agree with the new constitution, an official …

Eleven newborn babies died in the fire at the hospital where they were in the town of Tivaouane, in western Senegal, the country’s president announced on Wednesday. President Macky Sall said he had “learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has denied claims that the country recorded the first case of monkeypox in its western region, following early reports suggesting it had. “Reports circulating on social media about a possible outbreak in the country are false,” the director of public health at the Ghana Health …

The Gambian government has announced the upcoming trial of former President Yahya Jammeh for what it called “the myriad crimes” he committed during his rule. The 57-year-old faces several charges, including corruption, serious human rights violations, murders, disappearances and imprisonment, targeting opponents and journalists. It follows a report by the …

Gunmen abducted two Catholic priests and two children in Katsina state, northern Nigeria, after shooting dead 12 farmers working in their fields, the BBC reported. A spokesperson for the Catholic Church, Father Chris Omotosho, told the BBC the gunmen broke into the priests’ residence in the village of Gidan Maikambu …

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has announced that the country intends to abolish the death penalty. He termed it a “big decision” by the government. “We will work with parliament to run this process as we transition away from the death penalty and focus on the preservation, rehabilitation of life while …

At least 12 farmers were shot dead by gunmen in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, while working in their fields, local media reported. The attackers, known locally as bandits, are blamed for the attack. Some houses were also torched. A local police officer disputed the casualty figures but said the gunmen …