Six hundred inmates flee high-security prison in Nigeria after ‘Boko Haram jailbreak attack’
At least 600 inmates have escaped a maximum-security prison in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, authorities said, claiming that extremist rebel group Boko Haram were responsible for the mass jailbreak. A guard…
Jihadis attack jail in Nigeria’s capital, 600 inmates escape
At least 600 inmates escaped in a jailbreak in Nigeria‘s capital city, officials said Wednesday, blaming the attack on Islamic extremist rebels. About 300 have been recaptured, authorities said. The…
News24.com | UN warns Central African Republic facing food shortage
Residents carry their goods during a visit by the executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme. AFP PHOTO / PACOME PABANDJI The Central African Republic faces growing food…
News24.com | Zim to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Jekesai Njikizana /AFP Zimbabwe’s central bank said it would start selling gold coins this month as a store of value to tame runaway inflation, which has…
Home Secretary ‘to create league table of nations’ for deportation deals
Priti Patel will reportedly create a so-called “league table” of nations based on their level of co-operation in accepting criminals and failed asylum seekers from the UK. The table will…
News24.com | Transnet and Moz rail pact to expand SA chrome exports, take 200 trucks off the road
A new operating model hopes to increase chrome exports Transnet Freight Rail has signed a co-operative agreement with its Mozambican railways counterpart, Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM),…
News24.com | Signs of Africa being sidelined in monkeypox fight, says WHO
WHO‘s Africa director says there are signs the continent is being marginalised in the fight against monkeypox. New cases have been confirmed in non-endemic countries, namely South Africa, Morocco and…
News24.com | ‘Progressive reform’: Sierra Leone president ‘proud’ as country moves to decriminalise abortion
A young mother receives a post-Cesarean dressing at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown on 25 April 2016. With the hospital’s head nurse as her sole guardian, she will…
News24.com | At least 30 Nigerian soldiers killed in ambush after mine attack – sources
At least 30 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush after gunmen attacked a mine in the Shiroro area of Niger state earlier this week, three sources said on Saturday.…