Africa3 days agoEthiopia jailing people for up to 2 years for not wearing masks in public: ReportEthiopia will start jailing people who refuse to wear masks in public for up to two years, Reuters reports.
Africa4 days agoCelebrities call for end to Nigeria's police violence amid protests with 'End Sars' social media movementBeyonce, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj are among the musicians calling for an end to the police brutality in Nigeria with the "End SARS" campaign.
Africa6 days agoTrump says Sudan will be dropped from state sponsors of terrorism if it pays $335 million to terror victimsPresident Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be lifted from the list of state sponsors of terrorism once it pays $335 million to U.S. terror victims and their families.
AfricaOctober 14Kilimanjaro blaze may have started from fire to warm up food for touristsA fire lit to warm food for tourists may have sparked a blaze on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, according to local reports.
AfricaOctober 12Firefighters battle blaze on Mount Kilimanjaro seen from miles awayFirefighters in Tanzania were working to contain a fire that broke out Sunday on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, officials said Monday.
AfricaSeptember 30ISIS militants wreak havoc in Mozambique, killing more than 1,000 in insurgencyIslamic State-affiliated terrorists have reportedly formed a base hub of operations in Northern Mozambique, killing more than 1,500 people, and displacing more than 250,000, according to the European Union.
TERRORISMSeptember 29ISIS-linked Boko Haram dispatches bomb-strapped donkey to ambush state governorIn what is being touted as a "coordinated ambush" by Nigerian officials, militants belonging to the West Africa-based, ISIS-affiliated terrorist organization Boko Haram on Sunday unleashed a donkey carting explosives to assail the convoy of Borno State Governor Babagana Zalum.
WorldSeptember 17Nigerian state says rapists will face surgical castration; death penalty if victims are under 14The governor of a state in Nigeria has enacted a new law that imposes surgical castration on convicted rapists and the death penalty on those whose victims are under age 14.
CoronavirusSeptember 11South Africa's strict coronavirus lockdown credited with saving lives, but economy is sufferingSouth Africa’s coronavirus lockdown measures, some of the strictest in the world, have earned praise from groups including the World Health Organization [WHO] for saving lives – but at the same time, recent data could prove some analysts’ claims that its economy has been largely “destroyed.”
MILITARYSeptember 7US service member injured in Somalia in attack carried out by al-ShababA U.S. service member was injured Monday in Somalia after being targeted in a car bomb and mortar fire attack carried out by al-Shabab militants, the Air Force says.
