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The Nigerian interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola has ordered prison guards across the country to shoot and kill anyone who attempts to run away from prisons. During a visit to the southern city of Ibadan, minister Rauf Aregbesola told prison staff that they should not shoot to injure but should instead …

A Tanzanian terrorist leader known as Ali has been arrested in Nangade district in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambican troops said. Ali, 39-year-old was captured with six other Islamic State group-linked insurgents, military officials say. The terrorist’s capture comes amid a deteriorating security situation in the district, with …

Police in Mozambique said a bald man was beheaded by criminal gangs who wanted to sell it to a client from Mali but had to leave it in the central city of Muandiwa when their client disappeared. Some Mozambicans believe bald men’s heads contain gold. The first reports of bald …

Dozens of people including two soldiers and a police officer have been killed and others abducted by gunmen in the north-western Nigerian state of Kebbi, local media report. The attack happened on Friday in the village of Dankade in Danko-Wassagu area but details are just emerging because there is no …

A fake army general has been arrested after allegedly forging the signature of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to commit fraud. Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Bolarinwa Oluwasegun, who was posing as an army general, defrauded Kodef Clearing Resources of over $650,000 (£475,000). EFCC said the suspect …

Four people, including two men and two teenagers, accused of cannibalism and selling human organs have been arrested in northwestern Zamfara state in Nigeria, local media report. According to the State’s police chief, Ayuba Elkanah, other members of the gang were being tracked down. “They were arrested after detectives found …

A 16-year-old schoolboy in South Africa has shot down his classmate and killed himself after an alleged misunderstanding, officials said on Thursday. The shooting took place on Wednesday at Lesiba High School in Daveyton, Gauteng province, as classes resumed for a new school year. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding …

A woman and two children have died after a church collapsed during a church service on Tuesday evening in Asaba, the capital of Delta state in southern Nigeria, the BBC reported. Delta state police spokesperson Bright Edafe confirmed the tragedy adding that 18 people, including children, had been rescued. “Eleven …

A bomb explosion at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has claimed several lives, according to local media. The blast took place on a road by the entrance to a camp for the Somali Air Force which is close to the international airport. Although it is not …