Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a remote community in Nigeria’s central Niger state, officials say. A large number of armed men, suspected to be from Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram, invaded Kuchi village on Friday night, local official Aminu Abdulhamid Najume told the BBC’s…
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Biden thanks Kenyan President Ruto for sending forces to Haiti.
President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti and he defended his decision to withhold American forces from the mission in the beleaguered Caribbean nation. The United States has agreed to contribute $300 million to…
Chad’s PM Succes Masra resigned after junta chief presidential election.
Chadian Prime Minister Succes Masra said Wednesday he had handed in his resignation, just over two weeks after his defeat to junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno in presidential elections. “I’ve just submitted my resignation and that of the transition government, which became irrelevant with end of the presidential election,” Masra said on his Facebook page…
Putin, Bashir and Kony among ICC war crimes suspects at large.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes. If those requests are granted the Israeli and Hamas leaders would join a list of war crime suspects who remain at large from the…
Kenya defends cost of jet for President Ruto’s US trip.
Kenya’s government has defended the cost of President William Ruto’s trip to the US. The price of hiring the luxury private jet in which he and his delegation travelled is estimated to be $1.5m (£1.2m), according to Kenya’s private KTN TV station. “The benefits from this visit far outweigh such a million times,” government spokesman…
South Africa’s top court bars Zuma from standing in election.
South Africa’s highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him. Mr Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in…
Congo Coup Attempt Stopped as Politician attacked, Army Says.
The Democratic Republic of Congo army says it has quashed an attempted coup against President Felix Tshisekedi in the capital Kinshasa involving Congolese and foreign fighters. DR Congo army spokesperson Brig Gen Sylavin Ekenge said on the state-run broadcaster RTNC TV that several suspects have been detained and the “situation is now under control”. His…
New evidence shows atrocities committed by army in Burkina Faso.
New documents verified by journalists illustrate the scale of the atrocities committed by the Burkina Faso army on February 25, 2024. In April, the NGO Human Rights Watch reported the massacre of 223 civilians, including women and children. New evidence shows other killings committed by the army between May 3 and 9 -10 in several…
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