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A Tunisian military court has ordered arrest of journalist Salah Attia for claiming the army refused orders from the president to shut down the headquarters of the powerful Union Generale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT). Mr Attia told the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera on Saturday that President Kais Saied asked the military …

A military truck heading towards Bawku from Bolgatanga ran through some residents of Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, Saturday evening leaving one dead and others with life-threatening injuries, local media reported. Senyalah Castro, a local journalist said the military truck was “going at top …

Gunmen abducted at least 29 people in Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria as they were returning home from a wedding ceremony, local media reported, citing the police. The victims were mostly mobile phone dealers from a popular market in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital – who had attended the wedding …

Missing Zimbabwean opposition activist Moreblessing Ali has been found in a well in the country’s capital, Harare, ending a widely publicized search, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said. She was reported missing following an argument with a former boyfriend, Pius Jambo. Mr Jambo, described by the CCC as …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is in trouble after suspicions he bought silence of burglars who allegedly stole 3.8 million euros in cash from one of his properties. Four years ago, Cyril Ramaphosa promised to fight corruption that plagues South African society to the highest peak of the state. Today, …

Report that some Zimbabweans were selling their toes for millions in order to cope with the financial crisis was actually just a joke, local media reported. The author of the joke identified as David Kaseke said: “#SAD: In Zimbabwe, to cope with the cost of living, which has become too …

At least 32 people died in the Kajura area of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria on Sunday, after an attack by gunmen locally known as bandits, authorities said on Thursday. The armed men on motorcycles set fire to houses in several villages in the area, authorities said. “The attackers moved …

A Moroccan captured while fighting for Ukraine is among three people who have been sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine, Russian state media reported . The soldiers, the Moroccan Brahim Saaudun and the British Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner are accused of being mercenaries, according …

An 18-year-old Nigerian man has drowned a 36-year-old nursing mother of a 1-year-old baby for resisting his rape attempt, and then killed her child in addition, Nigerian Pulse reported. The suspect, Volamu Kalbes, is currently in the grips of the Adamawa State Police Command assisting with investigations. The deceased woman …

African Union chairman, Senegalese President Macky Sall has urged Ukraine to remove mines from the port of Odessa to ease grain exports. Mr Sall said this in an interview with French media outlets, RFI and France 24. He added that he had received assurances from President Vladimir Putin that Russia …