Africa

At least 10 people were killed and 160 others kidnapped after a deadly raid on a village in Nigeria’s Niger state, local media reported. A large number of armed men, suspected to be from Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram, invaded Kuchi village on Friday night. “Those kidnapped were mostly …

Tens of thousands of genetically modified (GMO) mosquitoes have been released in Djibouti in an effort to stop the spread of an invasive species that transmits malaria, the BBC reported. The friendly non-biting male Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, developed by Oxitec, a UK-based biotechnology company, carry a gene that kills female …

Nigeria’s National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has announced the Federal Government’s approval of a new regulation prohibiting the depiction of money rituals and the glamorization of vices in Nigerian films. This decision was disclosed by Dr. Shaibu Husseini, Executive Director/CEO of NFVCB, during a National Stakeholders Engagement on …

Chadian interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby has been sworn in as the country’s new president, three years after taking power following the death of his father Idriss Deby Itno. His inauguration comes the day after the resignation of his rival, Prime Minister Succes Masra, who obtained 18.54% of the votes. …

At least eleven people have been killed and two others injured after the explosion of a sugar factory in Tanzania’s eastern district of Mvomero, local media reported, citing authorities. The explosion occurred at about 01:00 local time on Thursday [23:00 GMT Wednesday] at a factory run by Mtibwa Sugar Estates …

Damini Ogulu, also known as Burna Boy has ventured into filmmaking as an executive producer in Black Mic Mac’s upcoming movie 3 Cold Dishes. “Burna Boy will be executive producing the movie through Spaceship Films, a company he co-founded with his mother, Bose Ogulu”, according to reports. The movie will …

A four-year-old boy moved his father’s vehicle unsupervised when he was left alone in the black SUV at Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Central region, Ghana. “The father parked on the shoulders of the road and stepped out to attend to other matters,” according to reports. The four-year-old, satisfying his curiosity, moved …

Nigerian students have been expelled from university courses and ordered to leave the UK after a currency crisis left them struggling to pay tuition fees on time. Teesside University students were blocked from their studies and reported to the Home Office after the value of Nigeria’s naira plummeted, wiping out …

Women and children have been rescued from a forest enclave and handed over to the authorities after years of being held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists in northeastern Nigeria. The 350 hostages were being held in the Sambisa forest, a hideout of the extremist group that launched an insurgency in …

Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui has been found dead after going missing on Everest, local media reported. Mr Kirui, 40, and his Nepali guide Nawang Sherpa, 44, disappeared on Wednesday while attempting to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen, reports said. The guide is yet to be found by the search …