Faith Nyasuguta About 17 Niger soldiers have been killed in an attack by armed groups near the border with Mali, the country’s Ministry of Defence has disclosed. According to a statement released late on Tuesday, “a detachment of the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) moving between Boni and Torodi was the victim of a terrorist ambush […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Four months into a battle both believed they would win, Sudan’s army has lost its grip on Khartoum to paramilitaries, who are unable to declare victory and instead are accused of waging war on civilians. When fighting began on April 15, Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was certain it would be over […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) army leaders are set to meet in Ghana on Thursday and Friday to discuss a possible military intervention in Niger, regional military sources said on Tuesday, a source at ECOWAS confirmed. The meeting was previously meant to take place on Saturday, but was postponed for […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Algeria has banned the movie ‘Barbie’, which has been showing at some cinemas in the nation for several weeks, the local 24H Algerie news site has reported. In the report, the news site quoted an official source who said the film “promotes homosexuality and other Western deviances” and that it “does not comply […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Health workers have revealed that at least 26 civilians were killed in a drone strike in a town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. Federal government forces and a regional militia that fought on the same side during the recent war in the Tigray region have been fighting each other for the past four months. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Mali has hastened its withdrawal from the city of Ber in the north following a surge in fighting. The UN mission dubbed MINUSMA, said in a statement over the weekend that “deteriorating security” had made its departure urgent. “MINUSMA has brought forward its withdrawal from Ber due […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Niger’s soldiers say they will prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for treason, hours after a group of senior Islamic scholars said the nation’s coup leaders are open to dialogue to resolve their standoff with West Africa’s regional bloc. In a statement read out on national television on Sunday night, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The global shortage of organs for transplantation has made organ trafficking and harvesting boom in Nigeria. Nigeria’s black market for kidneys is thriving because of hypertension and renal failure, which affect 20 million Nigerians, with one in five needing urgent transplants. Since humans only need one kidney for survival, they can donate the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The door may have opened for a peaceful resolution of the standoff between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Niger Republic military junta. Junta leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani has succumbed to economic pressures and threats of military action by the regional body. He had rejected previous peace efforts and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Jacob Zuma, the former South African President has been freed from serving further time in prison after being issued a remission status. A remission status is usually granted to low-risk and non-violent offenders. Speaking to the media, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola disclosed that the remission decision was taken to address overcrowding in prisons. […]
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