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Nigeria’s military says it has killed 34 members of a motorbike gang in an air raid in the northern state of Kaduna, the BBC reports. It carried out the operation on Wednesday near Mangoro village, an air force spokesperson said. Armed gangs, locally known as bandits, have stepped up attacks …

A boat carrying mostly women and children capsized in north-central Nigeria on Wednesday, leaving at least seven people dead and dozens missing, Reuters agency reports. Two residents in Guni village in Niger state said the passengers on the boat were trying to escape from gunmen who had attacked their village …

Kenyan police say they have taken disciplinary action against a policeman filmed forcing his way into a private car through a window on a busy road in the capital, Nairobi. The incident, which has been shared widely on social media, was captured by a local TV crew in Nairobi’s central …

South African Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has spoken out against a wine ad that has been criticized as offensive and “perpetuating the culture of rape”. It said the ad depicting a young woman with her mouth open and wine being poured into her mouth was in breach of advertising regulations. …

Gunmen in Nigeria attacked a train in which they abducted an unknown number of passengers in northern Kaduna state, local media reported. The gang mined the track between the capital, Abuja, and Kaduna city and forced the evening train to a halt. Many of the approximately 1,000 passengers on board …

Sixteen suspects – including motorcyclists accused of sexually assaulting a diplomat in Kenya’s capital Nairobi – have been released, local media reported. The prosecution said it had no evidence to charge the 16 suspects who were arrested and detained about two weeks ago. The main suspect in this case, Zachariah …

American actor Will Smith caused amazement on Sunday, March 27, by delivering a big slap on stage to comedian Chris Rock, who had just made a joke about his wife during the Oscars ceremony. What happened ? The incident occurred in the 94th ceremony of the most prestigious awards in …

A company will auction in the coming days a request for an arrest warrant issued against former South African President Nelson Mandela in 1961. This major auction will be organized in Cape Town and online by Momint. The person who will inquire about this arrest warrant will not have it …

A Nigerian father lost four of his children after they drowned following a boat accident in the northern state of Kebbi, the BBC reported. The father, Musa Labaran, who survived the accident, said he made unsuccessful attempts to save the fifth child who was closer to him on the boat. …

The Ugandan army has retrieved the bodies of two soldiers and three government geologists who were killed in the north-eastern region of Karamoja. The geologists were on a mission to collect soil samples in the mineral-rich region. Their bodies have been handed over to the energy ministry, according to military …