Pandemic Calls for African Solidarity Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta paid a visit to the Nairobi National Vaccine Depot on Thursday as the East African nation received its first shipment of just over 1 million AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines the day before. Several other African countries also received millions of coronavirus vaccines over the last week by…
An unspecified number of school children abducted in northwestern state of Zamfara, a spokesman for the state governor said. An unspecified number of school students have been abducted in northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, a spokesman for the state governor said on Friday, the second kidnapping in little over one week. The spokesman declined to…
Amnesty says in new report that hundreds of civilians were killed by Eritrean troops in Ethiopian town of Axum last November. The killings of hundreds of civilians by Eritrean troops in the ancient Ethiopian town of Axum in November last year amounted to “a series of human rights and humanitarian law violations”, according to Amnesty…
A start-up based in Kenya, known as Asobo, is offering replacement electric engines which come at a lower cost and are more environmentally friendly. Tens of thousands of fishing boats head out on Kenya’s Lake Victoria every day, powered by expensive, unreliable, and polluting petrol engines. Asobo’s goal is to massively reduce the negative impact…
Police fired teargas in clashes with demonstrators in the capital Niamey on Tuesday and Wednesday, while in Dosso, 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the city, the offices of a pro-government party were damaged by fire. One of the two fatalities died of an epileptic fit during a protest, Alhada said. The other, who was…
Lambeth council is asking residents in parts of the Oval area to get a Covid test after a case of the variant first identified in South Africa was detected there. People in the affected area will receive information on how to get a test, the council said. The appeal is for anyone who lives or…
Bauchi state Governor Bala Mohammed has asked his Benue counterpart, Mr Samuel Ortom to substantiate his claim of being a sponsor of terrorism. Among others, Ortom alleged Mohammed was sponsoring the herdsmen and that the herders had sent him a death threat. He therefore said his Bauchi counterpart should be held culpable in event anything happens…
By Alao Abiodun Nigerians have been reacting to the threat by Niger Delta militants to attack Abuja and Lagos over alleged marginalisation. A group of Niger Delta militants, Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters, has threatened to destroy infrastructure in the economic and political headquarters of the country. The militants, in the now-viral video posted on Tuesday…
A deadly attack by Boko Haram in the northeast of Nigeria killed at least 16 people, including children who were playing football in a field, local militia said on Wednesday. Attacks by the group are usually foiled after fierce gun battles with Nigerian security forces but the jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades on residential areas on…
Ghana will receive a compensation should the COVID-19 vaccine acquired from the COVAX facility have any serious side effects on vaccinated persons. This was confirmed by the Programme Manager for the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Dr. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has an agreement with countries receiving the vaccine that backs a no-fault-lump sum…