Africa

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced to death Christian Ngoy Kenga Kenga, a Top police officer for his role in the murder of top human rights activists Floribert Chebeya and his driver. Mr Kenga was found guilty of murder, desertion and the misappropriation of weapons …

A High Court in the northern Nigeria has sentenced a 19-year-old man to death for the kidnapping for ransom and killing of his five-year-old nephew in 2019. Ibrahim Khalil allegedly kidnapped his sister’s son, Ado, and used a sellotape to cover his nose and mouth before burying him in a …

Informatic Technology giant Google announced the addition of 24 languages – including 10 spoken in Africa – to its Google Translate feature. The new African languages are: Bambara – spoken in MaliEwe – spoken in Ghana and TogoKrio – spoken in Sierra LeoneLingala – spoken in large parts of central …

Uganda’s Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng authorized private hospitals to charge 20,000 shillings (€6) to people wishing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as an overhead for vaccines. While announcing collaboration with private health facilities in Kampala, Dr Aceng said the government is now allowing all private facilities to start …

A small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest near the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, on Wednesday, the country’s transport ministry said. The aircraft was flying from Yaoundé Nsimalen airport to Belabo, in the east of the country, it added. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. …

Mozambique’s Tax Authorities (AT) seized luxury vehicles, alcohol and around 20,000 mobile phones smuggled into the country. Addressing a Maputo press conference on Monday, the AT’s director of customs operations, Gimo Jona, said the phones were contained in 250 disguised boxes. They were seized for lack of import documents, false …

A terrorist group carried out an attack in Togo against a military checkpoint in Koundjoaré in Kpendjal prefecture, near Burkina Faso border, killing eight soldiers and injuring many others, local media reported. Material damage are also recorded in the attack carried by terrorist elements on motorbikes. According to the radiomotaog …

The Islamic State group has published a video which it says shows the execution of 20 Christian civilians in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state. Speaking in the Hausa language, one of the masked militants who was brandishing a knife said it was to avenge the killing of the group’s leaders in …

The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) imposed a curfew on the Afisyoni air force hangar in the capital, Mogadishu, and the surrounding areas ahead of the presidential election due to take place on Sunday, the BBC reported. The curfew runs from Tuesday to Monday next week. More than …

At least seven soldiers were killed and two others missing in Nigeria after they were ambushed by gunmen while on patrol in the eastern state of Taraba, Reuters reported, citing two military sources. The attack occurred on Tuesday night when troops from the 93 Battalion came under heavy fire in …