News24.com | 20 killed at ethnic flarepoint in central Mali
Twenty people were killed in an attack overnight on a village in central Mali, local officials said on Friday, in an apparent spate of ethnic violence in the deeply troubled…
News24.com | Zambia deploys troops to quell gas attacks by criminal gangs
Zambia has deployed soldiers to suppress a wave of attacks on civilians by gangs using a special gas to immobilise their victims. “The president has directed the army to be…
Nigeria's military 'destroyed' villages in fight against Islamist insurgents
‘We saw our houses go into flames,’ 70-year-old woman tells Amnesty International
News24.com | Amnesty International urges probe into troops’ ‘razing’ of Nigerian villages
Lagos – Amnesty International on Friday called for an investigation into the alleged burning of villages by Nigerian troops in the volatile northeast following a recent surge in jihadist attacks.…
News24.com | Ethiopia passes contested ‘hate speech’ law
Ethiopia on Thursday passed a law punishing “hate speech” and “disinformation” with hefty fines and long jail terms, despite fears by rights groups it undermines gains in free speech. Nearly…
News24.com | Nigeria court voids governor election in ruling party blow
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday anulled the election of the governor of oil-rich Bayelsa state, just hours before his inauguration and ordered his main challenger to take over. The decision…
News24.com | Malawi protesters padlock election commission after vote debacle
Protesters on Thursday padlocked Malawi’s electoral commission offices in a new bid to force the panel’s chief to quit after a top court overturned last May’s presidential elections. The Constitutional…
News24.com | Family burnt alive as ‘bandits’ kill 21 in Nigeria
Armed attackers burned 21 people alive, including 16 members of the same family, in a revenge attack by criminal gangs on a village in northern Nigeria, residents said on Thursday.…
News24.com | Nigeria: Death toll from Lassa fever outbreak jumps to 70
The death toll in Nigeria from an outbreak of Lassa fever has risen to 70 as confirmed cases shot up, according to authorities. The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),…