Monitoring Defense and security from Feb. 15 to 22, 2021-CC
Monitoring Defense and security from Feb. 15 to 22, 2021-CC
Exiled Rwandan politician shot dead in Cape Town
Cape Town – A Rwandan opposition politician, Seif Bamporiki, living in exile in South Africa, was shot dead while delivering a bed to a client in Nyanga on Sunday afternoon. It is not clear whether the murder was politically motivated, but a Twitter user alleged Bamporiki, co-ordinator of the Rwanda National Congress of General Kayumba…
Shepherd Busihiri’s family prevented from leaving Malawi
Fugitive and self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s family were allegedly stopped from leaving Malawi for Kenya at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) iHarare has established from eNCA that Prophet Bushiri’s two daughters, Raphaella and Israella together with his mother-in-law, Magdalena Zgambo, and another family member, Esther Bushiri were turned away at Kamuzu International airport by Malawi authorities…
Libya’s Interior Minister survives assassination attempt
The interior minister of Libya’s unity government, Fathi Bashagha, survived an assassination attempt Sunday on a highway near the capital Tripoli, an official from his inner circle told AFP. Official sources indicate that his convoy “was fired on from an armored car while he was on the highway. His police escort then returned fire. Two…
Niger : Blast kills seven election workers as vote counting begins
Seven election workers were killed early Sunday in Niger’s troubled western Tillaberi region when their vehicle hit a mine, the area’s governor told AFP. The blast also injured three of the workers, who included the heads of polling stations, Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella told AFP. The accident came as Niger holds a presidential election runoff between…