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Five DR Congo reporters ‘abducted’ by police

Oct 19, 2018 361 0 By Obiaks News

Five journalists at a newspaper in the Democratic Republic of Congo were “abducted” on Friday, their managing editor said, after the publication of articles on the misappropriation of rations for police cadets.The detentions come after a series of prosecutions of journalists in the troubled nation, which is just two months away from tense... Read More.

Algeria orders enforcement of niqab ban
Cameroon court rejects all petitions calling for re-run of elections
Flash floods in Tunisia leave five dead, two missing
Ethiopia's PM says soldiers who marched on palace sought to 'abort reforms'
Kenyan Olympic great Kip Keino surrenders to police in corruption case
Five killed in fresh Adamawa attack
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30 killed over two months in fighting in Central Africa diamond hub: UN

Oct 16, 2018 406 0 By Obiaks News

At least 30 civilians were killed in August and September by armed groups in and around Bria, the diamond hub of the restive Central African Republic, the UN said, adding that some of the killings could constitute crimes against humanity.The... Read More

Madagascar secure first ever AFCON appearance

Oct 16, 2018 419 0 By Obiaks News

Madagascar have qualified for their first ever Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Equatorial Guinea 1-0 in Antananarivo on Tuesday to become the first team to join hosts Cameroon in next year's finals.Victory takes the Barea up to 10 points in... Read More

Ethiopia gets first female defence minister

Oct 16, 2018 717 0 By Obiaks News

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed the country's first female defence minister in a new cabinet in which half the posts are taken up by women.Aisha Mohammed, from the country's Afar region in the north-east, had served as... Read More

Train crash kills four in Morocco

Oct 16, 2018 784 0 By Obiaks News

At least four people were killed and dozens injured when a train derailed near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday, a railway official said.Another official said as many as eight might have been killed and 80 injured in the accident in Sidi... Read More

Family of abducted billionaire offers reward

Oct 15, 2018 621 0 By Obiaks News

The family of kidnapped Tanzanian dollar billionaire Mohammed Dewji says it will give a reward of a billion Tanzanian shillings ($440,000) for information leading to his rescue.Speaking for the first time since he was abducted at gun point four... Read More

Somalia: 42 Cholera related death reported since December 2017

Oct 12, 2018 819 0 By Obiaks News

No fewer than 42 people have been reported killed by cholera, acute watery diarrhea (AWD), in war-torn Somalia since December 2017,The country which has also been battling hunger and malnutrition is in dire following the outbreak of cholera.The... Read More

Landslide in eastern Uganda leaves over 30 dead

Oct 12, 2018 593 0 By Obiaks News

At least 31 people were killed when a floodwaters triggered by a landslide swept debris through a town in eastern Uganda, destroying homes and burying livestock, a government official said on Friday.The landslide, which followed heavy rains,... Read More

Zambia suspends officials after '$1.6m embezzled'

Oct 11, 2018 905 0 By Obiaks News

The Zambian government has suspended more than 80 officials from the ministry of general education after an estimated $1.6m (£1.2m) of donor funds was allegedly embezzled, reports the state-owned Zambia Daily Mail newspaper.Acting Education... Read More

Africa’s youngest billionaire kidnapped in Tanzania

Oct 11, 2018 906 0 By Obiaks News

Africa’s youngest billionaire was kidnapped on Thursday morning by gunmen in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam, officials said.Mohammed Dewji, 40, who heads the MeTL Group which operates in about 10 countries with interests in... Read More

Bio cancels Chinese sponsored airport

Oct 11, 2018 742 0 By Obiaks News

The $318 million Sierra Leone airport project to be funded with Chinese loan has been cancelled by the new government of that country.The new government finally announced the cancellation of a controversial Chinese airport project sanctioned by... Read More

Mauritania rights body criticizes 'brutal force' against protesters

Oct 09, 2018 1759 0 By Obiaks News

Mauritania's human rights group representing the Haratins - former slaves of black African origin - has condemned the use of "brutal force" by the police against protesters who gathered outside parliament on Monday, Mauritanian media outlets have... Read More

Catholic priest accused of 'sexual abuse' by South African man

Oct 09, 2018 759 0 By Obiaks News

A Catholic priest in South Africa has been accused of sexual abuse by a South African man.Mr. William Segodisho disclosed this in a press conference organised by rights group 'Women and Men Against Child Abuse, detailing the alleged abuse and... Read More

Train collision injures 320 people in South Africa

Oct 05, 2018 1214 0 By Obiaks News

No fewer than 320 people were injured when packed train travelling from South Africa’s business hub Johannesburg to Pretoria crashed into the back of a stationary train, Metrorail authorities said on Friday.The collision, which occurred at 5:50... Read More

Drunk police officer kills 2 colleagues in Addis Ababa

Oct 04, 2018 909 0 By Obiaks News

A drunk police officer shot dead two colleagues in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Thursday, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation report said.The policeman, who fired on his colleagues was also shot dead, Federal Police Commissioner... Read More

Melania Trump tours former slavery outpost

Oct 03, 2018 645 0 By Obiaks News

US First Lady Melania Trump visited a former slave trading fort in Ghana on Wednesday, the second day of her maiden solo tour of Africa promoting her children's welfare programme."Akwaaba (Welcome) to Cape Coast," read a sign hung from the... Read More

60 migrants feared drowned as boat capsizes off Guinea-Bissau

Oct 03, 2018 634 0 By Obiaks News

A small boat carrying migrants has capsized off Guinea-Bissau, a port official said, adding that the vessel may have had more than 60 people on board when it set off.Commander Siga Batista said the pirogue, a narrow wooden fishing vessel, sank on... Read More

U.S. First Lady arrives Ghana on first solo trip

Oct 02, 2018 1066 0 By Obiaks News

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Ghana’s capital Accra on Tuesday on her first solo international trip in Africa, during which she will visit child health facilities, orphanages and meet caregivers.The stop is Trump’s first on a... Read More

Five charged for plot to kill Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Sep 28, 2018 1126 0 By Obiaks News

Ethiopian prosecutors have charged five suspects with terrorism over an attempt to kill Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in a grenade attack at a rally in June.The attack in the capital, Addis Ababa, killed two people and injured more than 100, but Mr Abiy... Read More

Zambia copper mine dump collapses, 10 miners killed.

At least 10 miner have been killed in Zambia following the the collapse of mining waste dump site, police said on Wednesday.The incident which happened in Zambia's second biggest city, Kitwe, the country's mining hub for copper left another 10... Read More

Jun 20, 2018 13827 0 By Obiaks News

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 12115 0 By Obiaks News

South African doctor breaks baby's arm during delivery, mother cries out!.

A 21 year old South Africa new mum, Lebogang Setshotloe, has made accusations against a doctor who works at Moses Kotane Hospital. The mother claims the doctor broke her baby’s arm during delivery. According to the new mum, she found out that... Read More

Mar 05, 2018 11805 3 By Obiaks News

Emirates air hostess dies after fall from plane in Uganda.

The Emirates air hostess who was reported to have fallen through the emergency door fell of the plane on Thursday, at Uganda's Entebbe airport is dead.She is said to have died soon after she was rushed to Kisubi hospital 16km (10 miles).... Read More

Mar 16, 2018 5941 4 By Obiaks News

3 UN peacekeepers killed in Northern Mali explosion between Tessalit and Aguelhok.

- 3 UN peacekeepers killed in Northern Mali explosion between Tessalit and Aguelhok.- Their car struck an explosive device or landmine.- UN condemns the perpetrators of the crime.According to United Nations officials, at least three peacekeepers... Read More

Oct 27, 2017 5512 0 By Obiaks News

Ethiopia and Italian airlines narrowly avoids mid-air collision over Kenya airspace.

What would have been the world's worst aviation accident was averted at the last minute as two passenger planes almost collided with each other in the Kenyan airspace last monthThe incident involving an Italian leisure airline plane (headed for... Read More

Sep 10, 2018 5355 0 By Obiaks News

Miriam Makeba's family 'win rights' to singer's music.

The family of the late singer South African singer Miriam Makeba, known as Mama Africa, has won a legal victory over her former business manager for control of her legacy, South African daily Independent Online reports.Siyandisa Music, which is... Read More

Jun 01, 2018 5247 2 By Obiaks News

Ethiopian pastor killed by crocodile during baptism.

A Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in northern Ethiopia has been killed by a crocodile, police and residents have told BBC Amharic.About 80 people were being baptised when Pastor Docho Eshete lost his life on Sunday... Read More

Jun 05, 2018 4993 31 By Obiaks News

Five-year-old Albino girl snatched and decapitated for her 'magical' body parts in Mali.

A five-year-old albino girl has been snatched and beheaded after a ritual murder for her body parts, which are deemed magical in Mali.Armed men abducted Djeneba Diarra from her family's home in Fana village, 78 miles north of Mali's capital,... Read More

May 15, 2018 4963 0 By Obiaks News

South African father 'arrested for throwing child from a rooftop'.

Police in South Africa's city of Port Elizabeth have arrested and charged a 38-year-old man with murder after he threw his baby daughter from a rooftop during a protest against demolition of informal settlements, HeraldLIVE reports.Police and... Read More

Apr 13, 2018 4593 0 By Obiaks News

King of Lesotho 'mistreated' at SA border.

South African officials have apologised to the King of Lesotho following allegations that he was mistreated at the two countries' border, IOL news reports.South Africa's Foreign Affairs Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has offered to travel to Lesotho to... Read More

Mar 28, 2018 4117 0 By Obiaks News

Dangote factory workers killed in Ethiopia.

Unidentified gunmen killed the Ethiopia country manager of Nigeria’s Dangote Industries on Wednesday after he was attacked in the restive Oromiya region while returning to the capital from Ethiopia’s largest cement factory, officials... Read More

May 17, 2018 4068 0 By Obiaks News

Nigerian airplane's door falls off on landing.

Passengers of an indigenous airline company in Nigeria, Dana Air, were gripped in fear and utmost dismay when the door of the airplane, travelling from Lagos to Abuja, fell off on landing. Social media users circulated the news of the apparent... Read More

Feb 08, 2018 4046 0 By Obiaks News

South Africa court hears bid to ground the Gupta's family's jet.

Canada went to court in South Africa Friday to ground a private jet used by the Gupta business family which has been accused of corruptly influencing former president Jacob Zuma.Export Development Canada (EDC), the country's state-run trade credit... Read More

Mar 09, 2018 3857 1 By Obiaks News

Zambian opposition leader released from prison.

An opposition party leader accused of defaming Zambian President Edgar Lungu has finally been released from prison after spending a month inside.Fresher Siwale accused Mr Lungu in April of being a foreigner from Malawi.Although Mr Siwale was... Read More

May 24, 2018 3659 24 By Obiaks News

Uganda accepts 500 African refugees from Israel.

Uganda's government has announced that it will accept some 500 Eritreans and Sudanese refugees from Israel.It follows speculation that some African countries had signed a deal to take in Africans being forcibly deported from Israel.But Uganda's... Read More

Apr 13, 2018 3502 0 By Obiaks News

Mozambique to hold official funeral for ex-rebel leader.

Mozambique will hold an official funeral for Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the main opposition party, and the ex-rebel Renamo movement.The decision was made by the cabinet of the Mozambique government at the weekend."Under the spirit of peace, harmony... Read More

May 07, 2018 3486 0 By Obiaks News

Gupta brothers are SA citizens, says India.

The India government has unequivocally said that the Guptas are citizens of South Africa after confussion arose about the status of the wealthy Indian-born family.India's ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Shri Raveesh Kumar has been... Read More

Mar 13, 2018 3479 1 By Obiaks News

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 3463 0 By Obiaks News

Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister dines with the opposition.

Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hosted a dinner reception last night for opposition leaders and promised to widen the democratic space here.It was a rare, direct meeting between the government and the groups.He told them that they... Read More

Apr 13, 2018 3461 0 By Obiaks News

UN Human Rights experts call on Libya to end ongoing slave trade.

- UN Human Rights experts call on Libya to end ongoing slave trade.- Calls on international community to take urgent action.- UN estimates that there are currently around 700,000 migrants in Libya.A coalition of United Nations human rights experts... Read More

Dec 01, 2017 3373 0 By Obiaks News

UN set to sanction Libya over slave trade and trafficking of West Africans.

- UN set to sanction Libya over slave trade and trafficking of West Africans.- Slavery and human trafficking have been present in Libya for years.- U.S. Ambassador Nikki Hailey expresses shock at the situation.France's Ambassador to the United... Read More

Nov 29, 2017 3301 3 By Obiaks News

Boko Haram: Two Soldiers and Five Terrorist Killed in Gun Battle.

Two soldiers have been killed after they encountered Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday, as the crackdown on the remaining Boko Haram insurgent in the Sambisa forest continues.Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole,... Read More

Mar 01, 2018 3180 0 By Obiaks News

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir says exiled rebel leader Riek Machar can return to the country.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has called on his exiled former deputy and rebel leader, Riek Machar, to return to the country, saying he will guarantee his safety and protection, Radio Tamazuj website based out of Netherland reports.The... Read More

May 07, 2018 3163 1 By Obiaks News

Robert Mugabe resigns as President of Zimbabwe after 37 years.

- Robert Mugabe resigns as President of Zimbabwe after 37 years.- Residents go ecstatic after the announcement in the streets.- Mugabe, 93, led Zimbabwe's fight for independence in the 1970s and came to power in 1980After ruling his country for 37... Read More

Nov 21, 2017 3079 0 By Obiaks News

Quit Or Risk Being Killed, Brother Warns South Africaâ€™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.Zumaâ€™s younger brother, Michael urged him... Read More

Sep 26, 2016 3022 0 By Obiaks News

Obama to deliver Mandela lecture in South Africa in July.

Former US president Barack Obama will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela memorial lecture at a 4,000-capacity arena in Johannesburg in July, South African organisers announced on Monday.Obama, who met with Mandela in 2005 and who made an emotional... Read More

Apr 23, 2018 2887 1 By Obiaks News

South Africa's Jacob Zuma aviods been fired by party.

President Jacob Zuma was on the verge of being removed as South Africa's head of state by the nation's ruling party Africa National Congress (ANC) according to information leaked to the press by a top party official.The National Excutive... Read More

Feb 08, 2018 2877 0 By Obiaks News

Nigeria: Boko Haram suspect due in court for public trial..

In Nigeria, over 1,000 suspected Boko Haram militants are to appear before judges today, as the largest public mass trial in the country's history resumes.The trial is being held in public after Amnesty International and other human rights groups... Read More

Feb 12, 2018 2847 0 By Obiaks News

Egypt defies UN embargo, buys weapons worth $23 million from North Korea.

- Egypt defies UN embargo, buys weapons worth $23 million from North Korea.- The weapons found include 30,000 rocket-propelled grenades from the cold war era.- U.S planning to cut off aid to Egypt unless it genuinely cuts off trading ties with North... Read More

Oct 03, 2017 2831 0 By Obiaks News

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

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Algeria orders enforcement of niqab ban Oct 19, 2018 422 0 By Obiaks News

Cameroon court rejects all petitions calling for re-run of elections Oct 19, 2018 415 0 By Obiaks News

Flash floods in Tunisia leave five dead, two missing Oct 18, 2018 440 0 By Obiaks News

Ethiopia's PM says soldiers who marched on palace sought to 'abort reforms' Oct 18, 2018 445 0 By Obiaks News

Kenyan Olympic great Kip Keino surrenders to police in corruption case Oct 18, 2018 459 0 By Obiaks News

Five killed in fresh Adamawa attack Oct 17, 2018 426 0 By Obiaks News

Algeria orders enforcement of niqab ban

Oct 19, 2018 422 0 By Obiaks News

Cameroon court rejects all petitions calling for re-run of elections

Oct 19, 2018 415 0 By Obiaks News

Flash floods in Tunisia leave five dead, two missing

Oct 18, 2018 440 0 By Obiaks News

Ethiopia's PM says soldiers who marched on palace sought to 'abort reforms'

Oct 18, 2018 445 0 By Obiaks News

Kenyan Olympic great Kip Keino surrenders to police in corruption case

Oct 18, 2018 459 0 By Obiaks News

Five killed in fresh Adamawa attack
Oct 17, 2018 426 0 By Obiaks News