Category: Africa

More than 10,000 people have fled northern Cameroon following clashes between fisherman and herders from two neighbouring communities. The clashes have led to the death of 20 people so far. Those fleeing from the region have south assistance in neighbouring Chad. According to a provincial governor, the refugees have camped in schools in Chad. Clashes […]

Zambia’s outgoing President Edgar Lungu has conceded defeat in the presidential elections. “I would like to congratulate my brother Hakainde Hichilema for being elected as the 7th president of mother Zambia,” said Lungu in a state TV broadcast. Lungu had earlier hinted that he would challenge the results of the election after accusing the opposition […]

Ugandan President Yuweri Museveni condemned what he referred to as indiscipline by the security forces who torture or beat ordinary Ugandans. Museveni said that security forces who torture suspects are lazy and not willing to carry out proper investigations and gather substantial evidence. In his televised national address, video footage of suspects arrested for the […]

Vote counting is under way in Zambia, where millions of people cast their ballots in closely contested general and presidential elections. Large queues formed outside many polling stations, suggesting turnout has been high. President Edgar Lungu is seeking a second term but faces a strong challenge from the main opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema, against the […]

The list of instructions for voters in Zambia’s general election includes a ban on women having painted nails. A list of Dos and Don’ts includes the word: “No Painted nails (for ladies).” As a voter’s thumb is marked with special ink once they have cast their ballots its thought that acetone, which removes nail polish, […]

Twenty-four members of the same family have died after consuming a suspected poisoned meal in north-western Nigeria. The incident took place in Danzanke village – a remote community in the north-west Sokoto state. According to the state’s health commissioner, Ali Inname, said that the family mistakenly used fertiliser chemical that looked like salt in preparing […]

The Nigerian government has condemned an assault on one of its diplomats in Indonesia. It wrote a protest letter to the Indonesian government after a video began circulating on social media showing the man shouting and being held down in a vehicle by several men. The diplomat was manhandled by Indonesian immigration officials, said Nigeria’s […]

Tanzania’s main opposition party leader Freeman Mbowe and his three co-acused have been brought before a court in Dar es Salaam. The accused arrived at the Kisutu Magistrates Court at around 08:00 in a prison bus escorted by armed prison guards in two open-topped vehicles. It came after the court postponed a virtual hearing on […]

Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano has called on the government to consider dialogue with the armed groups operating in the conflict-hit Cabo Delgado regions. He says there are “certain types of terrorism” that have ended through negotiations. “It may be that a leader of that group appears and offers us the opportunity for a dialogue […]

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has withdrawn from Cameroon’s North West region following months of suspension by the authorities. the charity cited not being able to stay where it was “not allowed to provide care to people”. “Unfortunately, we cannot keep our staff on standby any longer, so we have no choice but to […]