Africa
UN: Hot Pursuit Laws Needed to Fight Terrorism in West Africa
Yaounde, VOA News —The United Nations is calling on African countries affected by terrorism to draw up legislation to facilitate hot pursuit. Jean-Paul Laborde, executive director of United Nations counterterrorism
Botswana: Mixed Views on Church Bill
Gaborone, SAPA — Botswana’s Labour and Home Affairs ministry on Thursday tabled the controversial Societies Amendment Bill which calls for an increase in the number of people required to register
Tunisia: Gunmen Storm Tunisia Museum, Kill 19
By Adebayo Hassan-Premium Times Tunisian forces have shot dead two armed men who killed 19 people and took several others hostage at a museum in the capital, Tunis, on Wednesday.
US drone kills al-Shabab leader in Somalia – Pentagon
BBC News – The US defence department has confirmed that it has killed an al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar. The Pentagon says the militant was hit by a drone equipped with
Sierra Leone VP Samuel Sam-Sumana sacked
BBC News – Sierra Leone’s Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has been sacked for seeking political asylum in a foreign embassy, the president’s office has said. President Ernest Bai Koroma had dismissed
How Two Young West African Women are Creating Africa’s Next Billionaires
Rofhiwa Madzena, CNBC Africa – If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family (nation)” – Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir-Aggrey.
Zambian President Hospitalized After Collapsing at Ceremony
VOA News – Zambian President Edgar Lungu collapsed Sunday in the capital, Lusaka, while presiding over a women’s day celebration. Lungu was rushed to a local military hospital, where authorities
Nigeria: Enough Is Enough of Terror Attacks, Warns Oritsejafor
This Day Abuja — President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has expressed strong worry over the spate of Boko Haram attacks in the country, calling
Nigeria: Jonathan Faults North Govts for Shunning Christian Pilgrims
Daily Independent – President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday expressed concern over the report that Northern state governments did not sponsor Christian pilgrims during the 2014 pilgrimage to Israel. He raised
South Sudan: Church Leaders in Call for Lasting Peace Deal
Sudan Tribune Kampala — Various Churches leaders in South Sudan’s Unity state have called for peace to be restored in the country as the two warring parties recommit to the
