12 in custody in Burkina over ‘destabilisation’ plot
Ouagadougou – Twelve people, including a senior army officer, are in custody in Burkina Faso after a suspected plot... Read more
14 Jan, 2022
Gunfire in west Cameroon town hosting African football teams
Bafoussam – Troops and armed men have exchanged fire in Buea, the capital of a Cameroonian region hit by... Read more
14 Jan, 2022
Gunmen kill villagers, torch homes in volatile central Nigeria state
Jos – Gunmen attacked a mainly Christian village in a volatile Nigeria state, killing as many as 18 people... Read more
13 Jan, 2022
Rebel leader arrested in eastern DRC, military sources say
Kinshasa – One of the founders of a rebel group of Ugandan origin operating in the east of the DR... Read more
13 Jan, 2022
Several killed in jihadist-claimed blast in Somali capital
Mogadishu – Several people were killed on Wednesday in a suicide car bomb blast in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, officials... Read more
12 Jan, 2022
‘Progress’ in quelling Mozambique unrest, says Cyril Ramaphosa
Lilongwe – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday said there had been “significant progress” in tackling a jihadist... Read more
12 Jan, 2022
Kazakh leader says unrest was ‘attempted coup d’etat’
Almaty – Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday described days of historic unrest in his Central Asian country as... Read more
10 Jan, 2022
30 more kidnapped Nigerian students freed, says official
Kano – Gunmen in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi state have freed 30 students and a teacher after seven months of captivity,... Read more
9 Jan, 2022
Death toll in Nigeria attacks climbs to 200, govt says
Abuja – Gunmen in Nigeria killed at least 200 people in multiple raids this week in northwest Zamfara state,... Read more
9 Jan, 2022
At least 13 civilians killed in Burkina Faso attacks
Ouagadougou – Thirteen civilians have been killed in separate attacks in northern Burkina Faso, a region battling a six-year-old... Read more
7 Jan, 2022
