Boko Haram has killed 400 in Nigeria and Cameroon since April - Amnesty International .

- Boko Haram attacks on the increase once again.- Large scale attacks have become a regular occurence.- The use of Female Suicide Bombers now rampant.According to Amnesty International, the Boko Haram terrorist group has so far claimed around 400... Read More

Sep 05, 2017 1240 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Zimbabwe aims to use biometric voters register in 2018 elections.

- Zimbabwe adopts biometric voters register ahead of 2018 Presidential elections.- The voting register is currently being compiled.The Zimbabwean government is currently compiling a new voter register  that will make use of voters'... Read More

Sep 14, 2017 833 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

10 Soldiers, 7 militants killed as al-Shabab attack Somali Border town.

- 7 militants and 10 soldiers killed as al-Shabab attack Balad Hawo Town between Somalia and Kenya.- al-Shabab previously reported that over 20 soldiers were killed.- The war in Somalia continues.The Somali Border town of  Balad Hawo near Kenya... Read More

Sep 11, 2017 825 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Eritrean men ordered to marry two wives or risk jail.

    Eritrean men are being threatened with jail unless they marry more than one wife, reports say.A statement allegedly issued by the government of Eritrea is reportedly ordering men to marry at least two wives due to acute shortage... Read More

Jan 26, 2016 582 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Quit Or Risk Being Killed, Brother Warns South Africa’s Zuma.

  President Jacob Zuma has received the latest call for his resignation from his own brother, according to a media report, as the South African leader clings to power despite a string of scandals.Zuma’s younger brother, Michael urged him... Read More

Sep 26, 2016 572 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Prosecutors lose appeal to have Judge extend Oscar Pistorius' jail term.

South African state prosecutors have failed to convince a Judge to add more years to Oscar Pistorius' prison sentence.The former Paralympian who shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, had his initial culpable homicide conviction... Read More

Aug 27, 2016 570 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Botswana To Deport Anti-gay US Pastor Steven Anderson.

 Botswana is to deport a controversial US pastor a week after he was barred from South Africa because of his critical remarks about homosexuality.A government statement did not say why Steven Anderson had been declared a “prohibited... Read More

Sep 20, 2016 540 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Dr. Ben Carson Rise in Recent Republican Polls.

Dr. Ben Carson Rise in Recent Republican Polls The presidential elections are closing in on America and the Yankees are about going to the polls again. The race for the presidency is heating up as the republicans make moves to elect their... Read More

Aug 11, 2015 481 1 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Gabon Presidency Accuses Ping’s Camp of ‘Coordinated Attacks’.

The office of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo on Thursday accused the camp of his rival in the just-concluded disputed election, Jean Ping, of planning “coordinated attacks on symbols of the state”.This followed the eruption of... Read More

Sep 02, 2016 446 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

South Africa bans anti-gay American pastor from visiting.

South Africa on Tuesday banned a Holocaust-denying, anti-gay American pastor from entering the country, after an outcry from rights groups over his characterisation of gays as “sodomites” and “paedophiles”.Steven Anderson,... Read More

Sep 15, 2016 423 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Al Shabaab Kills 43 in Attack on Ethiopian Base in Somalia.

Somalia al Shabaab militants confirmed killing 43 soldiers on Thursday, when their fighters rammed a suicide car bomb into a base of Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union’s AMISOM force.Residents near the base in the central town of... Read More

Jun 09, 2016 420 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Sudan's Bashir says peace has returned to Darfur.

 President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday declared that peace had returned to Sudan’s war-torn Darfur despite a deadlock in African Union-brokered ceasefire talks and persistent fighting that has driven thousands from their homes this... Read More

Sep 07, 2016 387 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

ICJ to hear maritime border dispute case between Somalia and Kenya.

The International Court of Justice, ICJ, is set to hear a long-running maritime border dispute between Kenya and Somalia at The Hague. The hearings are set for September 19-23. The Attorney-General of Kenya, Githu Muigai, has said he would be... Read More

Sep 20, 2016 380 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Zambia's Edgar Lungu sworn in after disputed vote.

Zambian President Edgar Lungu said on Tuesday after being sworn in for a new five-year term that he would focus on unlocking agricultural potential in his tropical nation to reduce its dependence on copper mining.Zambia’s Supreme Court on... Read More

Sep 14, 2016 367 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Xenophobic riots erupt in Zambia over ritual killings.

At least seven people have reportedly been killed in the George and Zingalume neighbourhoods of Lusaka in recent weeks, with body parts such as ears, hearts and penises removed from the victims."Residents of Zingalume and George are looting... Read More

Apr 19, 2016 363 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

ANC loses Jo'Burg for the first time in 22years.

South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, ANC, has lost control of the country’s largest city and economic centre, Johannesburg, for the first time in 22 years.This comes after the city council elected as Mayor,... Read More

Aug 24, 2016 358 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Nigerian Protest Police Killing Of Man In South Africa.

Nigerians living in Gauteng Province of South Africa have protested the alleged extra-judicial killing of a 34- year-old man, Timothy Chinedu, by the police.Mathew Okafor, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union in Gauteng Province, told the News Agency... Read More

Jan 25, 2016 356 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Five policemen die in Kenya bomb attack.

No fewer than five policemen have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Kenya, police authorities said on Wednesday.The attack came as the government of Kenya vows to avenge the killing of an undisclosed number of its troops by terrorist group,... Read More

Jan 27, 2016 354 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Zambian President is re-elected as opponent cries foul.

Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, narrowly won re-election on Monday in a vote described by his main rival as being rigged.Hakainde Hichilema’s United Party for National Development (UPND), accused election officials of fraud during the count... Read More

Aug 16, 2016 353 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

UN Chief Appeals To Voters In CAR For Peaceful Polls.

      UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has appealed to the electorate in Central African Republic (CAR) for a massive turn-out in Wednesday’s presidential poll. Ban said in a statement signed late on Tuesday in New... Read More

Dec 30, 2015 350 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Two boko haram female suicide bombers attack aid distribution point in Northern Nigeria..

- Suspected boko haram bombers attack aid distribution point in Norther Nigeria.- At least 15 people killed.- Two suicide bombers involved in the attack.At least 15 people have been confirmed dead at an aid distribution point in northeast Nigeria... Read More

Sep 18, 2017 346 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

20 killed as Al-Shabaab gunmen storm beachfront restaurant in Somalia.

This is the heartbreaking moment a man was overcome with emotion as he put his hand on his slain sister's corpse following a restaurant attack in Somalia.Twenty people were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed the gates of a seaside restaurant in... Read More

Jan 22, 2016 333 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Outbreak of violence in South Sudan leaves 272 dead.

Violence has broken out in South Sudan’s capital city, Juba, due to a conflict between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and forces loyal to the Vice President, Riek Machar.So far, 272 lives have been lost.The fighting began on Thursday,... Read More

Jul 11, 2016 329 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

AU appoints GEJ to lead Elections Observation Mission to Zambia.

The African Union, AU, has appointed former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan,  to lead its Election Mission, the African Union Elections Observation Mission, AUEOM, to the Zambian general elections slated for October 11, 2016.According... Read More

Aug 03, 2016 320 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Egypt Minister Fired After Comments About Prophet Muhammad.

 Egypt's government spokesman says the prime minister has fired the justice minister, two days after he said on TV he would even imprison the Prophet Muhammad if he committed a crime.Cabinet spokesman Hossam Qawish tells The Associated Press... Read More

Mar 15, 2016 319 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

16 Civilians Assassinated By Armed Group In Eastern Congo, Say Official, CSOS.

 Congolese official and civil society groups said on Wednesday in Beni (Democratic Republic of the Congo) that sixteen civilians had been assassinated by an armed group in eastern Congo. They said that the discovery of the bodies on Tuesday... Read More

Dec 30, 2015 317 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Two UN peacekeepers dead, 30 injured in Mali attack.

Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and 30 wounded Friday when suspected Islamists attacked their base at Kidal in restive northeastern Mali, UN sources said. “Our camp at Kidal was attacked by terrorists early Friday morning. We... Read More

Feb 12, 2016 316 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Gabon justice minister resigns, calls for vote recount.

Gabon's justice minister resigned on Monday, in the first high-level defection after days of violence following incumbent Ali Bongo's disputed re-election, as the opposition leader called for a general strike to "topple the tyrant".Despite Jean... Read More

Sep 06, 2016 314 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

Photos: South African gold mine collapses, trapping more than 100 miners.

  A gold mine in eastern South Africa partially collapsed on Friday, trapping dozens. Rescuers had managed to pull out around 80 people, but about 35 remained underground, a mine workers’ union said.A spokesman for the Association of... Read More

Feb 05, 2016 313 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare

South Africa: Protests as top court hears case against President Zuma.

South African opposition protesters marched on Tuesday to Johannesburg’s Constitutional Court, where judges heard a case over public money spent on President Jacob Zuma’s private house. The upgrades at Zuma’s homestead, which... Read More

Feb 09, 2016 311 0 By Abdulkerimu Oare