Terrorists attack herders in Airamne village of Borno state, local media reports Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria More than one dozen civilians were killed late Monday by Boko Haram terrorists in northeastern Nigeria, according to media reports. The terrorists attacked herders guarding cattle in a pasture near the of village Airamne in Borno state, said reports.…
By AFP Bukavu Three prominent Congolese figures, including Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege, on Monday accused President Felix Tshisekedi of pushing the country towards breakup by bringing in outside nations to tackle its security crisis. In a sign of mounting pressures on Tshisekedi over DR Congo’s deeply troubled east, the trio said sub-Saharan Africa’s largest…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE A high-level Ethiopian government delegation led by Parliament Speaker Tagesse Chaffo on Monday arrived in Tigray capital Mekelle, in what Tigray leaders said was a milestone visit in the peace agreement meant to end the two-year war in the Horn of Africa’s nation. This is the first time for Prime Minister Abiy…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has mourned those killed in the Boksburg gas tanker truck explosion on Christmas Eve. 18 people died, including firefighters and staff at the nearby OR Tambo Memorial Hospital. An investigation is under way to determine what caused the tanker to explode. President Cyril Ramaphosa has mourned the loss of life due to the…
By Fathi Mohamed AhmedMogadishu It was the discovery of the body of a 22-year-old woman on the streets of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, last year that brought into the open the problem of female drug addiction in the city. Health workers said she died from an opioid overdose. Friends of the social media influencer said…
By Rédaction Africanews BURKINA FASO At least 10 persons were killed and several others injured when their minibus hit a roadside bomb in eastern Burkina Faso on christmas day. The passenger minibus was travelling near the village of Bougui on Sunday afternoon, local time, when it hit a mine, Colonel Hubert Yameogo said in a…