Nearly 400 still at large after Nigeria jailbreak
Abuja – Nigerian security forces recaptured 446 inmates who escaped from prison in a mass jailbreak over the weekend... Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Timeline: Sudan since the fall of Bashir
Khartoum – Here is a recap of events in Sudan since autocratic president Omar al-Bashir was toppled over two... Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Red carpets, orange suits: Mozambique elite on trial in $2bn scandal
Maputo – For two months, Mozambique has been captivated by live footage of a trial of some of the... Read more
25 Oct, 2021
UK ‘co-operating’ with Kenya murder inquiry, officials say
Nairobi – The British High Commission in Nairobi on Sunday said it was “fully co-operating” with a police investigation... Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Namibia on sputnik jabs; Nigerian gunmen free inmates | Here are your top news headlines
Cape Town – From Namibia discontinuing the use of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following concerns raised by South... Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Nigeria to launch eNaira digital currency
Abuja – Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari will officially launch the country’s eNaira digital currency on Monday, the central bank... Read more
24 Oct, 2021
UN delegation in Mali urged to press junta over abuses
Bamako – Human Rights Watch called on the United Nations to pressure Mali in weekend talks to investigate summary... Read more
24 Oct, 2021
At least 4 killed in Abidjan as heavy rain hits Ivory Coast
Abidjan – Flooding after heavy rains killed at least four people Friday in Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan and swept... Read more
24 Oct, 2021
Jihadist threat closes schools in Burkina Faso province
Ouagadougou – The threat posed by jihadist groups has forced the mass closure of schools in Burkina Faso’s eastern province... Read more
24 Oct, 2021
Gunmen free inmates during attack on Nigeria prison
Lagos – Heavily armed men have stormed a prison in southwestern Nigeria using grenades, the facility said on Saturday, with... Read more
24 Oct, 2021
