Election violence erupts in Mozambique after election court ruling, at least 21 killed
Footage circulating on various social media platforms showed protesters burning and looting shops in the capital Maputo and the city of Beira, where some city officials were reported to have fled the city.
Sudan suspends participation in global hunger-monitoring system on eve of famine report
In a letter dated December 23, the government’s agriculture minister said the government is halting its participation in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system. The letter accused the IPC of “issuing unreliable reports that undermine Sudan’s sovereignty and dignity.”
While Southern Africa voters vented their anger via the ballot, in West Africa it was barrel of the gun
In Namibia, the candidate of the long-governing South West Africa People’s Organization or SWAPO — 72-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah — made history by becoming the country’s first female president.
How Ethiopia is suffocating with its own IDPs, refugees from the Sudans, Eritrea and Somalia
Levels of forced displacement in Mali continue to expand as the security situation deteriorates. Violence linked to militant Islamist groups has grown and these militant actors now control an estimated 50 per cent of the country.
France’s Macron meets with anger, devastation on tour on cyclone-ravaged Mayotte
At least 31 people have died and more than 2,000 people were injured, more than 200 critically, French authorities said. But it’s feared hundreds or even thousands of people have died.
Health Rounds: J&J drug shows promise in helping keep a precancerous condition from progressing
At five years, 63 per cent of patients in the daratumumab group remained progression-free, compared to 41 per cent in the active monitoring group. Survival at five years was 93 per cent in the daratumumab group versus 87 per cent for monitoring.
New Pentagon report says Kenya and Nigeria feature in China’s plans to set up military outposts in Africa
In a previous report, the Pentagon estimated that Beijing had more than 400 operational nuclear warheads in 2021. If he sticks it out, then the way to get rid of him would be a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons, the Parliament.
Overloaded boats capsizes, kills at least 25 on Fimi River in Democratic Republic of Congo
The capsizing of overloaded boats is also becoming increasingly frequent in this Central African nation as more people are abandoning the few available roads for wooden vessels crumbling under the weight of passengers and their goods because of security reasons.
Breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies unleashes deadly violence in Nigeria
While the Global Methodist Church, at its general conference in May, lifted its longstanding bans on LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage, it also granted local conferences the right to set their own standards. The West Africa Central Conference, which includes Nigeria, restricts marriage to between a man and a woman and instructs its churches to follow national laws on LGBTQ issues, according to the news service.
Passing the buck: Nation wants answers on Guinean stadium carnage but Fifa, CAF and FA won’t accept responsibility
The police and security forces are blamed by many of those at the game for firing the teargas rounds that created a dense noxious fog in the stands and pitch area.
