– NEWS – Gunmen kill 37 in Niger village: Armed men killed 37 civilians, including 14 children, in an attack on a village in southwest Niger, officials said Tuesday. Unidentified shooters opened fire on Monday in the commune of Banibangou, in the Tillaberi region near Niger’s border with Mali. A local official told AFP news […]
– NEWS – 170 Sudanese gunmen killed in Ethiopia: At least 170 gunmen from neighboring Sudan have been killed in western Ethiopia, according to authorities. Without giving further details, the regional government of Benishangul-Gumuz announced on Saturday that the gunmen were „anti-peace elements“. According to the statement, their aim was to spread terror among the
– NEWS – Tigray forces reportedly seize control of UN World Heritage Site in Ethiopia: Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, whose famed rock-hewn churches are a United Nations World Heritage Site, and residents were fleeing, two eyewitnesses told Reuters last Thursday. The United States called on Tigrayan
– NEWS – Hunger crisis in Tigray comes to a head: The United Nations is warning of a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Ethiopia. UNICEF has said more than 100,000 children could face extreme starvation in the next year as a result of major fighting in the country’s northern Tigray region. The United Nations Children’s Fund
– NEWS – Vaccine production starts in Senegal: Covid numbers are rising rapidly in Africa, with the World Health Organization reporting 43 percent more deaths within a week. At the same time, only a few people have been vaccinated. Now hopes are pinned on Senegal, where the Pasteur Institute in Dakar is trying to establish
– NEWS – South Africa begins cleanup after riots: More than a week ago, nationwide protests began with the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma on July 7. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court after failing to appear before an inquiry investigating corruption and state capture during his administration.
– NEWS – Prison sentence for South Africa’s former president: For two years, Jacob Zuma refused to testify before a commission of inquiry into corruption scandals during his time in office. Now the former South African president has been sentenced by the Constitutional Court to 15 months in prison for contempt of court and repeated
– NEWS – At least 160 killed in village raid in Burkina Faso: Armed men killed at least 160 people in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the country’s worst attack in recent years, officials say. Homes and the local market were burned during the raid on Solhan in the early hours
– NEWS – Thousands in Goma evacuated amid fears of further volcanic eruption: Seismologists in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported 61 earthquakes in a 24-hour period on Saturday around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, which erupted a week ago, warning residents to keep well away from lava flows. The 11,500-foot-high volcano sits around 15 kilometers
– NEWS – Gang violence in northwest Nigeria: Attacks by suspected bandits across villages in Zamfara State have left at least 83 persons dead and hundreds of others, including women and children, injured. Local residents said motorcycle-riding gunmen stormed 13 villages in Magami district of Zamfara state on Wednesday, shooting residents, looting and burning homes.
