Africa

A man suspected of being a serial killer has been arrested in Kenya following the discovery of several bodies in a quarry in Nairobi, police said Monday. Collins Jumaisi, a 33-year-old man living near the quarry in Mukuru neighbourhood in the south of the capital, was arrested early on Monday. …

Assailants have killed a maize farmer at his farm in the Odomosibi area of Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. The victim’s family grew worried when the victim did not return from his farm after leaving early morning. The search party was shocked to find his lifeless body on …

At least 22 children have died and 132 others have been injured after a school building collapsed in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, local officials say. Saint Academy in the state capital Jos caved in while students were in class on Friday morning. Children were left trapped under the debris. Volunteers …

Child vaccination rates around the world are stagnating and have still not returned to their pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, the UN warned on Monday July 15. “Compared to the level of 2019, before the pandemic, 2.7 million more children were still not vaccinated, or incompletely, in 2023,” said the United Nations …

At least five people were killed and 20 others injured when a car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening. “It comes as they were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on TV,” police said, blaming Islamist insurgents. The bomb destroyed …

Kenya’s police chief Japhet Koome has resigned, following weeks of violent protests against proposed tax hikes in which at least 40 people died. Human rights groups have accused police of shooting dozens of protestors, some of them fatally, and abducting or arbitrarily arresting hundreds more. The resignation comes a day …

In Niger, a large number of prisoners managed to escape with weapons from the Koutoukalé high-security prison on Thursday, July 11. According to reports, more than 200 terrorists are locked up in this prison, located a stone’s throw from the capital Niamey. In the meantime, Nigerien security forces have set …

Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday has sacked his entire cabinet apart from the foreign minister, bowing to pressure from nationwide protests that have created the biggest crisis of his two-year presidency. “I will immediately engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations and other Kenyans, both in …

At least ten people have been kiled by gunmen in a community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. “The attackers have unleashed terror on Olegumachi community in Agatu and burnt down houses,” according to reports. The attack came barely four days after three people including an aged …

A woman has been arrested for allegedly physically assaulting her 9-year-old nephew in her care at Adenta in Accra, Ghana. The boy sustained injuries to his back and head, which prompted concern and outrage in the community. According to reports, “the victim had moved from his mother’s home to spend …