UN Vehicle Hits Landmine In Mali, 1 Peacekeeper killed
A UN military vehicle struck a land mine Sunday in the volatile Kidal region of northern Mali, killing a Chadian soldier and wounding four...
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Explosives Seized And 19 Arrested In Suspected Plot in Uganda
The police in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, seized “substantial amounts of explosives” and suicide vests in raids on what they said was a terrorist cell with...
Nigeria Civil War Hero, Gen.Benjamin Adekunle a.k.a Black Scorpion is Dead At 78
The War Hero, who played a key role in the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970), Brig.-Gen Benjamin Adekunle (retd.), A.k.a “Black Scorpion”, died this morning at...
Under Violence Nigeria’s Girl Abductees Become Child Soldiers
Children are bearing the brunt of much of the violence in northeastern Nigeria – including killings, rapes, abductions and attacks on schools. A new report...
Ban Appoints New UN Envoy For West Africa
Mohamed Ibn Chambas. UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mohammed Ibn Chambas as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for...
Oscar’s Family Warned About ’Complications’
Oscar Pistorius’s family has been warned to keep the culpable homicide-convict on the straight and narrow in the next month while he awaits sentencing. In...
Maiduguri In Rumble Battle As Nigeria Army Clash With Boko Haram Terrorist
Abuja – Nigerian government forces were fighting Islamist insurgents 35km outside Borno state capital Maiduguri on Friday to try to stop any attack on the...
Setback For Gay Rights In Gambia
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh really doesn’t like homosexuals. And because he’s been in...
Oscar Pistorius Guilty Of Culpable Homicide – But Not Of Murder
Oscar Pistorius is also found guilty of one weapons charge, but not guilty of murdering Reeva Steenkamp Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable...
US Implementing Development Programmes In Libya
A United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spokesperson today said that US government sponsored initiatives are still operative in Libya. This week, the US...
Maternal Health Activists Battle Awaits Supreme Court Verdict
By Andante Okanya KAMPALA – A petition by maternal health activists seeking to compel Government to provide essential adequate kits in referral hospitals for the mothers’...
Myanmar Lifts Curfew In Rakhine
Yangon – Myanmar on Thursday lifted a curfew imposed in June 2012 when clashes between Buddhists and minority Muslims erupted throughout western Rakhine state, killing...
Men Who Tried To Kill Former Rwandan general sentenced to eight years
A SOUTH African court has issued a stern warning to those who hunt down foreign nationals who have sought refuge in the country. The warning...
South African Judge Clears Pistorius Of Murder
Athlete still faces prospect of conviction for manslaughter Judge Thokozile Masipa delivers her judgement in the trial of Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar...
The Victims’ Families Have Waited For Justice For The Deaths Of Their Love Ones…
Uganda’s authorities have never investigated killings by security forces during two days of...
20 Police Still Missing After Boko Haram Attack
Twenty Nigerian police officers are still missing three weeks after Boko Haram fighters attacked a training academy outside the remote north-eastern town of Gwoza, the...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has commenced its meetings to review developments in the economy. The meetings begun on...
Nigeria Pays The Price: Poor Rule Is No Match For Violence And Disease
The Nigerian government of President Goodluck Jonathan is now reeling in the face of two challenges, the growing Islamist militant insurgency in the north led...
UN Envoy Condemns Latest Terrorist Attacks In Somalia
Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Nicholas Kay. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN is Calling for reconciliation and an end...
UN Probe Shows Helicopter Was Shot Down In South Sudan
UN aircraft crew carrying the remains of three crew members to memorial service in Juba, South Sudan. They died when their helicopter came down near...