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South Africa’s rising gun violence crimes has been attributed to the smuggling of high caliber guns like AK-47s. The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime reports that there are about 3.8 million unregistered illegal firearms in circulation in South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.  Illicit guns and ammunition are a currency in the underworld of gangs, mass shootings and wildlife crime.… Read More

Libya’s government replaced the head of the key National Oil Corporation on Thursday in a dramatic move that prompted the United States to warn against any “armed confrontation” over the sector. The North African country’s vast oil reserves have often been at the heart of political disputes, but the NOC had largely stayed neutral despite years of division since the… Read More

At dawn, in a working-class neighbourhood of Kinshasa, a driver stops and hands a handful of small bills to the traffic warden. The scene is common in the buzzing capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where police officers frequently shake down citizens to supplement their meagre salaries. Unlike some of her less scrupulous colleagues, Cécile Bakindo did not… Read More

The last knock out stage matches of the women’s AFCON on Thursday seem to be within the reach of Nigeria and South Africa, the two finalists of the previous edition in Ghana. However, the favourites will have to watch out for the outsiders. Cameroon-Nigeria As far as football rivalries are concerned, this is one of the richest on the continent… Read More

A meeting of the big three in Côte d’Ivoire. On Thursday President Alassane Ouattara received his predecessors Henri Konan Bédié and Laurent Gbagbo for a summit aimed at advancing reconciliation after the crises of 2010-2011 and 2020, but also to prepare for the upcoming elections in the west African nation. The idea of the meeting between the three men was… Read More

The spate of bar shootings which has rocked South Africa has shed light on the issue of gun availability. Following the killing of 22 people this past weekend, the police ramped up their efforts to seize illegally held weapons. Among 3 sources of illegal gun leakage, activitsts point to a main one. “The biggest source is loss and theft of… Read More

The head of Ethiopia’s national humanitarian agency was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of corruption, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) reported sourcing the police. Mitiku Kassa, head of the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), a government agency in charge of risk prevention and victim assistance, was “arrested by the federal police today,” EBC reported. A former secretary of state… Read More

Kalidou Koulibably’s move to Chelsea could be finalized as soon as Thursday, Sports sources reported Wednesday. Chelsea and Napoli were reportedly close to a deal in which the Italian outfit would pocket around 40m Euros to release Senegal’s captain. Koulibaly was conspicuously absent as Napoli held their first training of the summer in front of fans on Tuesday evening. Chelsea… Read More

A Moroccan fact-finding mission concluded on Wednesday that the African migrants who died in “stampedes” during an attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (northern Morocco) at the end of June died of asphyxiation, blaming the police. “23 migrants died as a result of the attempt to cross into Melilla,” confirmed Amina Bouayach, president of the National Council for… Read More

The president of Benin’s Constitutional Court Joseph Djogbénou has resigned from his post, the institution announced Tuesday, six months before the January 2023 legislative elections. “The vice president of the Constitutional Court has received the letter of resignation of Mr. Joseph Djogbénou in his capacity as advisor and consequently as president,” said the press release published on the Court’s website.… Read More