A group of unidentified armed men attacked last Saturday a train station in Edo State, south of Nigeria, and kidnapped dozens of passengers, the Nigerian police announced. Chidi Nwabuzor, spokesperson for the police said in a statement that a number of passengers were also injured when gunmen, carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles, attacked the “Igueben” station, […]
At a crisis summit in Tanzania, leaders of eastern and southern African states called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern DRC, where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken strategic towns, including Goma. The summit in Tanzania’s capital brought together heads of state and government representatives to try to resolve the worsening security and humanitarian situation in […]
The heads of state of the member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have decided to lift some of the sanctions imposed on Niger following last year’s military coup, announced the president of the regional organization’s Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, from Abuja on Saturday. ECOWAS “has decided to lift with immediate […]
