Africa

Malawi’s Energy Minister Newton Kambala has been arrested for allegedly trying to influence the way that contracts for the supply of oil were awarded, the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said in a brief statement. Two others, the president of the of Alliance for Democracy party, Enoch Chihana, and a …

At least 12 people have been killed in an attack on a health centre in the north-eastern Afar region of Ethiopia, where fighting between Tigrayan rebels and pro-government forces has recently spread. The Afar regional administration blames Tigrayan fighters for Friday’s attack, but the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hasn’t …

Government in Nigeria says it has invoked labour laws to stop the salaries of doctors who started an indefinite strike last week. The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige accused the doctors of playing with people’s lives. According to the minister it was unfair that they were being paid …

About 90,000 people have been affected by flash flooding in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei state, the UN humanitarian affairs agency (Ocha) says. The UN said local authorities had reported over 70,000 affected people in Ayod and Canal counties and many were experiencing this for the second time since May. It …

A senior government official in Niger state, central Nigeria, has been kidnapped, an official statement has said. Mohammed Sani Idris who is Niger state’s commissioner for information, was abducted from his home by an armed gang at about 01:00 local time on Monday morning, according to a local government statement. …

More than forty civilians were killed Sunday in northern Mali in attacks blamed on jihadists against three neighboring localities and close to the border with Niger, said a military official and local elected officials. “More than forty civilians were killed on Sunday by terrorists in the villages of Karou, Ouatagouna, …

Héritier Magayane, a journalist working for the national broadcaster in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has had his throat slit in the province of North Kivu. The announcement was made by the country’s officials. Heritier Magayane’s colleagues say his murder could be linked to his work, …

Nigerian police say a Swiss national and another person have been kidnapped in the south-west of the country. They were intercepted on a road in Ogun state as they were making their way from a farm. Police said two of the kidnappers were killed. Read also: COVID-19: the French demonstrate …

In a letter written to Alassane Ouattara, former ivorian president Henri Konan Bédié urged the president to open an inclusive political dialogue in the country. The letter was sent on Wednesday August 4, a few days before Independence Day, which takes place Saturday August 7, when Alassane Ouattara is due …

A new boss is taking over the running of Mozambique’s Ndlavela Women’s Penitentiary, where it was found that inmates there had been forced into prostitution. Herminia Nhamuze was sworn in as the new director, replacing Albertina Dimande. She had been removed in June during investigations into the allegations first exposed …