Report says about 20 killed in attack in Soum province, latest in spate of violence blamed on armed groups. Approximately 20 people were killed in an attack on a gold mining site in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said, the latest in a spate of violence generally blamed on armed groupsRead More →
Indian Ocean island nation, a popular tourist destination, holds elections every five years, with last one in 2014. Mauritius’s Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth has dissolved parliament and announced that the Indian Ocean island nation would hold a general election next month. “I have advised the president of the republicRead More →
Police say 19 attackers killed, others on the run after their assault in Musanze district, a popular tourist area. Rwandan police say 19 attackers have been killed and others are on the run after their assault on a popular tourist area killed at least 14 people over the weekend. NationalRead More →
Ennahdha projected to win 17.5 percent of the vote, slightly ahead of Qalb Tounes, tipped to secure 15.6 percent. The conservative Ennahdha party has come in first in Tunisia’s parliamentary election, according to an exit poll broadcast by state TV. The poll by Sigma Conseil showed Rached Ghannouchi’s moderate Islamist party would secure 17.5 percentRead More →
Guests and staff members of Frasier Suites, Central Business District, Abuja were thrown into confusion on Wednesday night when men of the Nigeria Customs Service embarked on a raid of the hotel. One of our correspondents who visited the scene observed three customs patrol vehicles marked Zone B, FederalRead More →
Jihadists have attacked a military base where US soldiers train commandos in Somalia, causing casualties, reports say. Local residents reported heavy blasts and gunfire at Baledogle airport in the southern Lower Shabelle region. The al-Shabab militant group said it had carried out the attack, using a car bomb to blastRead More →
Faced with housing and benefits shortages, asylum seekers are migrating to villages, stirring debate among locals. With the arrival of the evening bus from Nicosia, the central square of Palaichori – a village nestled in a valley of Cyprus’s Troodos mountains – briefly becomes a centre of activity. At surroundingRead More →
Said Bouteflika was arrested with two former intelligence chiefs as the nation grappled with mass protests. The brother of Algeria’s former president went on trial on Monday alongside two ex-intelligence chiefs over charges that included plotting against the state and undermining the military. Said Bouteflika and Generals Mohamed Mediene and BachirRead More →
A chronic shortage of professional opportunities drives country’s youth to informal work and feeds social unrest. Tafadzwa Chirimumimba jogs with the ease of an athlete as he waves down a slow-moving bus on the Julius Nyerere road in Zimbabwe’s capital city. The bus pulls over. Chirimumimba, energetic despite the scorching midday sun,Read More →
Government seeks answers from UN health agency which accused it of failing to share data on suspected Ebola cases. Tanzania has summoned the local representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) after the United Nations’ health agency accused the government of failing to share detailed information on suspected Ebola cases. Hassan Abbasi, a Tanzanian governmentRead More →
