Madagascar boat accident kills 19 people, 66 missing
Madagascar maritime agency reported that a boat accident off the coast of northeastern Madagascar killed at least 19 people, and […]
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78 illegal immigrants rescued, 1 body found off Tunisian coast, says ministry
Tunisian Maritime Guard on Wednesday rescued 78 illegal immigrants and recovered the body of another off the country’s southeastern coast.
Kenyan policeman kills wife, self, 5 others
By Kwanta Douglas – Kenyan police officer on Tuesday shot dead six people, including his wife, and wounded two others
Human Rights Watch confirms over 600 women, girls abducted in Mozambique
By Kwanta Douglas – Islamic State (ISIS) has kidnapped and enslaved over 600 women and children in Mozambique’s northern Cabo
NEMA receives additional 175 Nigerian returnees from Libya
By Jacob Kubeka – National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Thursday, announced that it had received another 175 Nigerian returnees
ICRC urges access to humanitarian relief for civilians in Africa’s conflict zones
By Grace Audu – International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on Tuesday, asked for unrestricted access to humanitarian aid
5 killed in bomb attack in southern Somalia
At least five people were killed and 12 wounded in an explosion at a local market in the southern Somali
Tunisian dies after inhaling tear gas at landfill protest
According to a medic and a family, a Tunisian demonstrator died overnight after breathing tear gas as police dispersed protests
12 killed in South Sudan road crash
By Kwanta Douglas – Traffic accident on Saturday left 12 people dead and several others badly injured along South Sudan’s
1 dies, 2 rescued from collapse building in Ikorodu
By Susan James – National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), said one person has died as a result of a collapsed
Food ration cuts loom for crisis-hit people in northeastern Nigeria, UNWFP warns
ABUJA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that it may soon be forced to cut food rations
Eswatini deploys army to quell school democracy protests
Soldiers and police have been stationed across schools in Eswatini, where students were spotted protesting for weeks demanding political reforms
348 migrants rescued from English Channel over weekend
Multiple small boats containing 348 migrants seeking to reach Britain were rescued from the English Channel after being stranded at
538 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast – IOM
International Organization for Migration (IOM) , announced that in the last week, 538 illegal migrants were rescued off the Libyan
Discrimination: Nigeria Beauty Queen makes case for albinos
Miss Lucy Iziegbe, a Person with Albinism (PWA) and current Miss Philanthropist Nigeria, has called for an end to all
Three dead, dozens hurt in Burundi blasts
Police and media accounts revealed that a series of explosions blasted Burundi’s economic hub on Monday evening, killing at least
Nursing Mother, Two Others Abducted In Jalingo
A Nursing mother identified as Salamatu and two other persons have been abducted in Jalingo, Taraba State capital of Nigeria.
Algeria buries ex-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in muted funeral
Algeria’s longest-serving president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was buried on Sunday in a cemetery dedicated to the country’s independence heroes, but without
UN pulls out Gabon peacekeepers from CAR over sex abuse claims
Following claims of sexual assault of five children, the United Nations has returned all 450 Gabonese troops from its peacekeeping
WHO logistics hub airlifts its largest single shipment of humanitarian cargo to Ethiopia
The World Health Organization (WHO) Logistics Hub in Dubai delivered 85 metric tons of life-saving medical supplies to Ethiopia, the
NAWOJ raises alarm over threats to education, health, welfare of Nigerian girls
Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Zone B chapter has stated that persistent abductions and other security concerns in the
Doctors remove cell phone from prisoner’s stomach in Kosovo
Skender Telaku, a Kosovo surgeon said Tuesday he had successfully removed a mobile phone from the stomach of a prisoner
Healthcare delivery in Nigeria, South Africa under threat as doctors plan to ‘check out’
By Tom Chiahemen (ABUJA) – Unless the governments of Nigeria and South Africa realize the implications of the current revolt
Court sentenced undergraduate to 1 year imprisonment for lottery scam
Kwara High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday, sentenced one Udoh Okon to a year in prison for an offense resembling
Sierra Leone detains Chinese national for electricity theft
A magistrate court in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown has sentenced a Chinese man by name Li Shichao to prison after
Afghan security officer murdered in armed clash
An Afghan security officer has been killed at the north gate of Kabul airport, in a fight between Afghan security
At least 21 dead, 20 missing after severe floods hit Tennessee
Severe floods ravaged Humphreys County in the southern US state of Tennessee on Saturday, killing at least 21 people and
How violence among lovers in Kenya rose during pandemic
By MERCY KAHENDA, Nairobi – According to a study, cases of violence among intimate partners in Kenya increased over the
Update: Algerian death toll hits 65
Wildfires tearing through forested areas of northern Algeria have killed at least 65 people, state television reported on Wednesday, as
Badagry women protest woman’s death in alleged domestic violence
Badagry Women Development Forum, an NGO, on Tuesday, condemned the murder of a 41-year-old lady in Magbon, Badagry, Lagos State,