Africa
Algeria-France child trafficking trial opens in Algiers
(BBC NEWS) Thirteen people have gone on trial in Algiers, accused of trafficking an unknown number of Algerian children to the French city of Saint-Etienne. The network behind the alleged
Kenya Arrested British Soldier Murder Suspect in 2010
(VOA NEWS) Kenyan officials say a suspect in last week’s savage murder of a British soldier in London was arrested in 2010 near the East African country’s border with Somalia.
Guinea Protest Fatalities Said to be Rising
James Butty(VOA NEWS) Two of Guinea’s top opposition leaders are said to have gone to Paris, France to brief the international community about the current political situation in Guinea. Cellou
Swaziland Vote Will Be Credible, Says Elections Chief
Peter Clottey (VOA NEWS) The chairman of Swaziland’s Elections and Boundaries Commission says he is confident that this year’s national elections would be transparent and credible. “I am confident it
My husband lured me into stealing, selling of babies
By Evelyn usman & Uju Mbanusi (VANGUARD) LAGOS — Policemen attached to Ilemba Hausa division in Lagos State have arrested a couple and two others who allegedly specialized in abducting
African Union leaders mark 50th anniversary in Ethiopia
(BBC NEWS)- Africa’s 54 leaders are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity. Opening the event, Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn spoke of “a great
Mokhtar Belmokhtar ‘masterminded’ Niger suicide bombs
Militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar masterminded the two suicide bombs in Niger on Thursday, reports say. Mr Belmokhtar is said to have “supervised” the bombings, according to Mauritanian news agency Alakhbar.
Tanzania Mtwara gas riots: ‘Pregnant woman killed’
A pregnant woman has been shot dead in Tanzania during a security operation after protests in Mtwara, a journalist in the southern town has told the BBC. The security forces
Nigerian army ‘destroys’ Boko Haram camps in north-east
The Nigerian army says it has destroyed a number of well-equipped camps used by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, in the north-east of Nigeria. Senior officer Chris Olukolade revealed
Financial, family woes of Winnie Mandela, South Africa’s ‘Mother of the Nation’
By Nkepile Mabuse, Johannesburg (CNN) — “This shouldn’t be happening” — these were the words of a visibly nervous and frustrated sheriff of the court as he rang the outside
