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They were in total seven soldiers to lose their lives in a plane crash short of a runway in Abuja, the capital Sunday morning. The army spokesman in a Tweet said that the Nigerian Air Force reported that crash is due to engine failure. The plane was on the way …

A Chadian court has sentenced an activist to three years in jail for writing that the country’s president was seriously ill and being treated in France. The head of the Chadian Organisation of Human Rights Baradine Berdei Targuio was arrested in January 2020 after publishing the Facebook post about President …

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the brutal murder of a pregnant woman whose death galvanised protests in South Africa and prompted a speech by the president. The body of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule was found hanging from a tree last June, with multiple stab wounds. …

They are twenty seven members of the South Sudan’s president staff to contract the coronavirus, according to a presidential aide. Those affected are mainly junior staff and members of the presidential security team. But according to the statement of Ateny Wek Ateny, the spokesman of the government, the President has …

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday he was heading to an asylum seekers centre in the city of Pau in southwestern France after media reported an immigration official has been stabbed to death. Read also: Uganda: Anthony kerali, University professor found dead He said on Twitter he would …

Anthony Kerali, Associate Professor in Makerere University was yesterday afternoon found dead in bed at his house in Kampala’s upscale Kololo neighbourhood. The death was confirmed by Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe who payed him a last tribute: “We shall remember him as a dedicated and diligent servant of the …

UN human rights experts say staggering levels of violence continue in South Sudan. In their latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, the experts say the last few months have seen an intensification of violence, with hundreds of civilians killed or displaced. South Sudan has a government of national …

The United States officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement on Friday, reinvigorating the global fight against climate change as the Biden administration plans drastic emissions cuts over the next three decades. Scientists and foreign diplomats have welcomed the U.S. return to the treaty, which became official 30 days after President …

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has termed the Covid-19 pandemic as a “test from God” and called for three days of prayers and fasting to overcome it. It is at the funerals of his chief Secretary, John Kijazi who died of an undisclosed illness while undergoing treatment, that the Tanzanian president …

Heavy gunfire has been reported in Somali capital, Mogadishu, as a group of opposition leaders defied a government ban on public gatherings and held protests. Security forces have closed most roads in the city over the planned protests. The opposition parties want President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to leave office after …