Somali leader names new prime minister
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has named Mohamed Hussein Roble as prime minister. The president said Mr Roble was selected on the basis of “his...
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Presidential elections in Ghana, others top agenda at ECOWAS meeting
The 44th Ordinary Meeting of the Mediation and Security Council of the Economic Community of West African States has called attention to the ongoing insurgency...
Libyan interior minister suspended after gunmen shot protesters
Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord on Friday said the interior minister had been suspended after militia gunmen fired on peaceful protesters last week. “Interior...
NNPC suspends pumping operations as petrol leaks from Atlas Cove-Mosimi pipeline
Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, on Sunday says the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has suspended pumping operations as petrol leaks from its Atlas Cove-Mosimi...
West African mediators jet to Mali seeking reversal of coup
Mediators from West Africa’s regional bloc are due in Mali on Saturday for talks aimed at reversing a coup that has been condemned abroad. But...
FAAN trains NRC personnel on passenger screening
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday said it was collaborating with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to train its personnel on passenger...
UN plane crash-lands in Mali, injures 11
A United Nations plane careened off the runway while touching down in the northern Malian city of Gao on Monday, the international organisation said, injuring...
Security forces head off anti-government protests in Zimbabwe
Streets were deserted and businesses shut in Zimbabwe’s two main cities on Friday after security forces were deployed to prevent anti-government marches called by activists...
‘Brown Lives Matter’ march, land invasions add to South Africa’s Covid-19 woes
Several people were arrested in a pre-dawn security clampdown to prevent a ‘coloured’ (mixed-race) protest designed to shut down Cape Town on Monday. City authorities,...
UN: Some 120 said to be killed or wounded in attack in Sudan’s Darfur region
More than 60 people were reported killed and nearly 60 others wounded during an armed attack in a village in Sudan’s restive Darfur region on...