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Malawian police have arrested the stepson of former President Peter Mutharika in connection with the discovery last month of a mass grave, which contained 30 bodies believed to be those of illegal Ethiopian immigrants. Tadikira Mafubza who is a son of former President Peter Mutharika’s wife, turned himself in to police, according to the Malawian […]
A Moroccan peacekeeper, severing in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), was killed Thursday in an attack in the southeast of this African country. The announcement was made Friday by the UN Mission in CAR, without identifying those responsible for the deadly assault. “A blue helmet from the Moroccan […]
Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, former President of Comoro Islands, could receive life in prison sentence after Comorian Government Commissioner to the State Security Court requested Thursday the condemnation against him during his trial for high treason. Sambi who ruled the African country between 2006 and 2011 has been since Monday in the box on charges of […]
After the FTX cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse earlier this month that has left a trail of losses for companies and individuals, Africa’s financial regulators have sensed an opportunity to place stricter constraints on crypto’s adoption. Before FTX’s meltdown, the crypto giant was becoming a force for normalizing cryptocurrencies in Africa, through marketing campaigns that enlisted entertainers, […]
South Africa has seen more than 7,000 people murdered over three months and the latest quarterly crime statistics show a whooping rise in murder, rape and kidnapping figures compared with the same time last year. Quarterly figures showed that the murder rate rose 14% between July and September, compared with the same timeframe in 2021, […]
Somalian army, supported by international partners, have reportedly conducted a successful operation in the country’s lower Shabelle region that killed 49 al-Shabab militants. The targeted military operation that took place in the village of Buulo Madiino “went as planned and destroyed all the military vehicles and weaponry of the Khawarij Al-Shabaab,” said the Somali Information […]
A mini-summit in Luanda has ended with an agreement for an “immediate ceasefire” from 6pm this Friday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs announced. During the mini-summit in Angola’s capital city, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta, in the absence of President […]
The Chadian government Wednesday decreed a three-day mourning nationwide to pay tribute to several soldiers killed in Lake Chad province by Boko Haram insurgents. Armed forces posted in the province came under an attack attributed to Nigeria-based Boko Haram insurgent group. The Chadian government in a statement said the attack which took place on Bouka-Toulloroum […]
Leaders from West African countries that are members of the Accra Initiative met with European partners in Accra on November 22 for talks on “homegrown” ways to prevent jihadist conflict in the Sahel threatening to “engulf” countries on the Gulf of Guinea. The Accra Initiative is a cooperative and collaborative security mechanism between seven West […]
Drilling for oil and gas began in Nigeria’s northeast this week, a first for the African oil giant, NNPC, which has exploited large deposits in the south for decades and whose production is declining. During a visit in the Kolmani field, located in Gombe and Bauchi states, to inaugurate the drilling site, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu […]