Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have accused Rwandan soldiers of crossing into its territory. The Congolese army issued a statement describing the alleged incursion into North Kivu province as an intolerable provocation. It said the Rwandan soldiers had been forced back across the border. There has been no …
Read More »Ugandan court issues arrest warrant for opposition leader
A Court in Kampala has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and political activist Samuel Walter Mukaaku after the two allegedly fled from court in a case in which they are accused of incitement to violence, Dailymonitor reported. The court’s senior magistrate, Asuman Muhumuza, was asked …
Read More »10 people arrested for the murder of a policeman
Men of the Borno State Police Command have arrested 10 persons for killing a police constable in Maiduguri, the state capital, Nigeria. “The suspects were two females and eight males,” reports said. The officer killed was attached to the command’s fissure police unit and deployed in Malari, in the Konduga …
Read More »Outrage as trans women are barred from Miss Italy pageant
Italians are divided over the issue of transgender women entering the Miss Italy pageant after authorities decided to ban transgender people from the competition. A foreign election has come to shake Italy. It is not political, but rather societal. This is the coronation of Rikkie Kollé, elected Miss Netherlands 2023 …
Read More »Niger: Russia calls for immediate release of president Bazoum
Russia has called for the immediate release of the President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, overthrown by soldiers in a coup. “We count on the rapid release of President Bazoum by the military,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. “We call all parties to …
Read More »Senegal: an overloaded bus crash kills 24 people
Twenty-four people, including four children have died in a bus crash in northern Senegal, according to reports. “The bus had been coming from a town in the north of the country and was overcrowded with 76 people on board with 16 more than the permitted number,” reports said. “Overcrowding was …
Read More »UN Secretary General strongly condemns military coup in Niger
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemns the unconstitutional change in government” in Niger, his spokesman said on Wednesday. It came after Nigerien soldiers announced a coup on national TV, saying they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation’s borders. “Mr Guterres said he was deeply …
Read More »Libreville airport closed after power outage
Flights arriving or departing from Libreville, the Gabonese capital, have been canceled since Monday and those who were in the air have been diverted to neighboring countries. Léon-Mba international airport has been paralyzed since last Monday due to a giant power outage. According to the airport’s officials “no plane has …
Read More »Senegalese President Macky Sall reacts after coup in Niger
Senegalese President, Macky Sall has condemned the ongoing military coup d’État in Niger, calling for the security and safety of President Mohamed Bazoum. In a message on Twitter, the former head of the African Union condemned the coup, called for the security and safety of President Bazoum as well as …
Read More »Man bags life jail for defiling six-year-old girl
A 37-year-old farmer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s six-year-old daughter in Ijebu-Owo, Owo Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. The suspect was arrested by men of the state police command after committing the act. “He had carnal knowledge of the victim in his room …
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