Summary It was the first major air catastrophe reported in Cameroon since 2007, when a Kenya Airways plane carrying 114 people crashed after take-off from Douala Airport. There were no survivors in that accident. Three years later, an investigation by Cameroon’s civil aviation authority concluded that the crash was due to pilot error. Since then,…
Summary Head of mission Nicholas Haysom said UNMISS will step up its efforts in tackling conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan. “UNMISS already supports efforts to promote protection, rule of law and accountability, through the rapid deployment of temporary operating bases, support to mobile courts, and by delivering specialised training on the prevention of sexual…
The authorities in Burkina Faso say rescue teams which have been pumping water from a flooded zinc mine are drawing closer to where they’re hoping to find eight workers who’ve been trapped for more than three weeks. The six Burkina Faso nationals, one Tanzanian and one Zambian went missing on 16 April after heavy rainfall…
Ghana’s consumer price inflation rate has hit 23.6%, a sharp rise from 19.4% in March. The latest figures announced by Government Statistician Kobina Annim on Wednesday show that prices for imported items increased faster than locally produced items – the first time in over two years. The rise in the cost of food and services…
A network of Nigerian separatists based outside the country is using social media to call for violence and incite ethnic hatred against opponents of Biafran independence, a BBC investigation has found. Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence In a Facebook live broadcast to her more than 40,000 followers, Efe Uwanogho, also known as…
In Guinea, the National Council of the Rally for Development, CNRD, has announced a transition period to civilian rule of three years or 36 months. The decision, announced on Wednesday, places the country at odds with regional partners and the UN who have both called for a much shorter transition period. The head of the…
The Supreme Military Court in RDC has sentenced police colonel Christian Kenga Kenga to death for the killing of two human rights activists, Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana. The court named Colonel Kenga Kenga, commander of the Simba batallion,as the coordinator of the operation that took place on the 1st of June 2010. According to…
Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group’s hideouts also destroyed. MOGADISHU, Somalia Elite soldiers from the Somali National Army conducted a military operation Tuesday against the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group in the southern province of Lower Juba, killing at least 11 terrorists. The special operation was conducted near El-Ade village on the outskirts of the port city of Kismayo,…
Authorities say 20 inmates still on the run. BOGOTA, Colombia Police in Ecuador announced Tuesday that 200 inmates who escaped following a deadly prison riot were recaptured. “A total of 220 citizens escaped yesterday, and at this moment, we have recaptured 200,” said police chief of operations Geovanny Ponce. The prisoners escaped during a prison…
Somalia’s Presidential Election Commission has concluded registering candidates. MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia’s Presidential Election Commission, which comprises members of both houses of parliament, on Tuesday evening concluded the registration of candidates for the May 15 polls. Thirty-nine candidates have registered, including incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, two former presidents, a former prime minister, a former mayor…