Unrest

Niger’s president frees ‘terrorists’ including from Boko Haram

Niamey – Niger said several “terrorists” have been released from detention, including members of Boko Haram, as part of... Read more

26 Feb, 2022

Yaoundé – Five workers with the French medical charity MSF have been kidnapped in Cameroon’s Far North, a region troubled... Read more

25 Feb, 2022

Lagos – Four policemen have been killed in two separate attacks by suspected separatists in southeast Nigeria, police said... Read more

22 Feb, 2022

Khartoum –Thousands of Sudanese protesters on Monday marched against the October military coup which has led to scores of... Read more

21 Feb, 2022

Algiers – Algerian troops killed seven suspected militants Saturday in an ongoing operation in the northeastern province of Skikda, the... Read more

20 Feb, 2022

Johannesburg – They turned up in a mob of several hundred at a migrant centre in South Africa’s Soweto township... Read more

19 Feb, 2022

Mogadishu – At least 10 people including local government officials died in a suspected suicide bombing at a restaurant in... Read more

19 Feb, 2022

Khartoum – Attacks on UN facilities, a surge in tribal clashes, lootings, rape, and anti-coup protests – Sudan’s Darfur region... Read more

19 Feb, 2022

Niamey – An improvised explosive device has killed five Nigerien soldiers in the southwest of the Sahel country, the... Read more

18 Feb, 2022

Bunia – Three former warlords have been held by militiamen in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where they had gone... Read more

17 Feb, 2022