KIGALI, Rwanda (AA/AFP) – Burkina Faso’s military government on Friday announced the expulsion of the UN resident coordinator in the West African country. Barbara Manzi has been ordered to leave the country immediately, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry. Manzi is “declared persona non grata on the national territory,...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigeria air force killed more than 200 Boko Haram fighters in an air raid with the Super Tucano light fighter jet in the Sambisa Forest in the northeastern state of Borno, a military expert told Anadolu Agency on Friday. There has been no official confirmation from the military but Zaga […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The number of children facing dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In a statement, UNICEF said that around 20.2 million children are now under threat of severe hunger, thirst and disease compared to 10 milli...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Western countries that were involved in slave trade and other colonial-era crimes should not only offer apologies but also pay reparations to affected countries, say African academics. Earlier this week, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ role in slave tra...
Banjul, Gambia (AFP): A Gambian parliamentary committee has recommended that an Indian pharmaceutical company be banned and prosecuted over the deaths of at least 70 children from acute kidney failure. “The government should pursue legal action against Maiden Pharmaceuticals for exporting contaminated drugs to The Gambia,” the sele...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): The first batch of 5,000 Somali men sent to train as soldiers in Eritrea have returned home to be deployed against insurgents. Their return ends months of worry among families who feared they might have been recruited under false pretense and held captive. Somali defence minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur described it as...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Authorities confirmed Wednesday that several people were killed by gunmen in three days of attacks on two communities in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna State. The police spokesman for Kaduna State, Muhammed Jalige, said in a statement that the chief of police visited Malagum and Sokwong in Kagoro, Kaura Local G...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) urged fully funded and sustained life-saving and livelihood support in Somalia on Tuesday to pull residents from the brink of famine. The UN agency said large-scale investments for resilience and rural livelihoods are “urgently” needed to break the hunge...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has announced his full responsibility for the events of the 1989 coup d’état that brought him and 27 of his aides to power. “I bear full responsibility for the events of the June 1989,” al-Bashir said during a trial session aired by state television. The former [...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s mainstream opposition party Ennahda has said that former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh has been imprisoned on false charges. The former PM was accused of “sending Tunisians to conflict zones abroad.” In a statement, Ennahda termed the decision a “systematic targeting” of Laarayedh and an attempt...
