Cameroon police kill two in protests in English-speaking northwest
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon police killed two protestors and wounded 10 others on Friday in the latest bout of violence in the English-speaking northwest of Read more
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon police killed two protestors and wounded 10 others on Friday in the latest bout of violence in the English-speaking northwest of Read more
UNHCR appeals to government and rebels to find political solution to crisis as more than 1.5 million flee country. The number of refugees who have Read more
LUANDA (Reuters) – At least 17 people died and scores were injured in a stampede at an Angolan football match on Friday when hundreds of Read more
BANJUL (Reuters) – Thousands of soldiers from West African bloc ECOWAS will start returning home this month from Gambia, from where long-time leader Yahya Jammeh Read more
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African lawmakers of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party brawled with parliamentary orderlies as they were ejected from the chamber Read more
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance said on Friday it was seeking a court ruling on the deployment of Read more
A Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday ordered the remand of a middle-aged man, Hayatudeen Amoto, in prison for allegedly bombing TAO 109 FM Station, Read more
An Ilorin based lawyer, Mr. Tunde Jimoh, has called on the Federal Government to impose a ban on hawking by children nationwide. Jimoh, who made Read more
Thousands of soldiers from West African bloc ECOWAS will start returning home this month from Gambia, from where long-time leader Yahya Jammeh was forced to Read more
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state said that his administration had paid N1 billion as counterpart funding for the basic education scheme. Ganduje told newsmen Read more
The Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has commended the Federal Government’s mass housing initiative which is aimed at providing affordable houses for citizens. He Read more
An Ibadan based travel agent, Mr Oluwatimilehin Oyewole, on Friday begged a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his four-year-old marriage, to save him Read more
The Nigerian Navy has handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, 12 suspected oil thieves, a vessel MV OMISAN 1 with registered Read more
Rwanda has banned the use of cell phones by medical workers while on duty in order to speed up healthcare service delivery to patients, the Read more
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is ramping up its digital-skills training program to accommodate as many as 25 million Africans in the next five years, Read more
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, on Thursday, blamed men of the Nigeria Police Force, their counterparts in the Army and Read more
Plans to return the body of longtime Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi to Kinshasa for a grand national funeral have run into problems in a Read more
The first African winner in Google’s annual coding competition is 370km (230 miles) from home, sitting outside his cousins’ house in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, Read more
We are delight to add Ghana, Senegal & Uganda’s wonder to Google Street View. Go explore beautiful Africa! https://t.co/3hcClW4G1F pic.twitter.com/W6lBnIKGzW — googleafrica (@googleafrica) February 10, Read more
By Lamin Jahateh BANJUL (Reuters) – The European Union pledged 75 million euros ($80 million) on Thursday to Gambia’s new government, two years after suspending Read more
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Thousands of Somalis fired guns in the air, cheered atop military vehicles and slaughtered camels on Thursday to celebrate Read more
BANJUL (Reuters) – A West African military operation that pressured Gambia’s long-time leader, Yahya Jammeh, to step down and flee into exile has had its Read more
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Gunfire echoed across the Somali capital on Wednesday evening during the second round of voting by lawmakers for their president, a Reuters Read more
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a U.S.-educated former prime minister, was sworn in as Somalia’s new president on Wednesday after lawmakers gave him an Read more
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, wants governors of Northern states to convert mosques into primary schools. Speaking during the Kano Educational Week programme, he Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has authorised more than 400 soldiers to join the security team at his annual state of the Read more
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab militants stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region, Bosasso, on Wednesday, killing four guards, Read more
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan tribal leader accused of leading a secessionist movement in the country’s western region was released on bail on Monday after Read more
By Kate Kelland LONDON Feb 6 (Reuters) – Scientists tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand firmed early on Monday as the dollar started the week on the backfoot after U.S. data showed wages there Read more
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