Eswatini nurses shot during protests, says union
Manzini – Eswatini security forces used live ammunition to break up a pro-democracy protest by nurses, shooting at least 30... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
WATCH | At least 80 hurt in Eswatini pro-democracy protests
Mbabane – At least 80 people were injured in Eswatini on Wednesday, a union leader said, as security forces cracked... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Neglected eastern Sudan tribes in ‘quest for justice’
Port Sudan – Under the harsh rule of ex-president Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s eastern tribes felt abandoned and neglected, even taking... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
New Ethiopia air strike on Tigray capital
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s military launched a new air strike on the Tigrayan capital Mekele on Wednesday, the second... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Nigerian army kills 50 ‘bandits’ in the northwest
Lagos – Nigerian helicopter gunships have killed more than 50 “bandits” during an operation in the restive northwest, regional... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Gunmen kill at least 43 in Nigeria’s troubled north
Abuja – Gunmen from a suspected criminal gang attacked a village market in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state, killing 43... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
Eswatini shuts schools ‘indefinitely’ amid new wave of protests
Mbabane – Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, said on Saturday it had shut its schools “indefinitely with immediate effect” as... Read more
16 Oct, 2021
Cameroon urges calm after schoolgirl killed in anglophone region
Yaounde – Authorities in English-speaking western Cameroon appealed for calm on Thursday after a policeman killed a schoolgirl in... Read more
15 Oct, 2021
Regional troops to stay in Mozambique indefinitely
Maputo – Southern African troops have driven jihadists out of northern Mozambique but will stay in the country indefinitely... Read more
15 Oct, 2021
In eastern DRC, a business battles with violence and uncertainty
Beni – Roger Muhindo is proud of his chocolate factory – an emblem of entrepreneurial courage in one of the... Read more
13 Oct, 2021
