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Approximately 4,800 people have fled their homes in Central Nigeria following the deadly attacks last Sunday, according to a government spokesperson. Groups of gunmen on motorcycles overran five villages of Plateau state shooting people in every direction and burning houses during the weekend, killing more than 100 people. People fled from Kyaram, Gyambau, Dungur, Kukawa and Shuwaka where the assaults… Read More

After loosing everything because of devastating floods in and around the Eastern South African city of Durban, some residents are trying to find shelter in the underground halls of hostels. Mobheki Sokhela is volunteering in one of those places in Durban’s Umlazi township and says a lot of people will have to settle on chairs or a cardboard boxes as… Read More

Clermont Foot’s Guinean international striker Mohamed Bayo has been given a two-month suspended prison sentence for “driving under the influence of alcohol” and “unintentional injury” by the judicial court in Clermont-Ferrand, France. At a hearing on Tuesday, the striker was also fined €4,000 and had his driving licence suspended, Clermont-Ferrand public prosecutor Eric Maillaud said, confirming a report in the… Read More

Rising cost of food prices pushed Ghana’s inflation rate in the month of March 2022 to 19.4%, the highest since August 2009. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, Foodstuffs such as Oil and Fats (28.2%), Water (27.1%), Cereal Products (25.0%), Vegetables (23.8%), Fish and Other Seafood (23.7%), Fruits and Nuts (22.1%), Soft Drinks (20.5%), Live Animals, and Meat (20.2%) recorded… Read More

The Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed two memorandums of understanding and a concession agreement in the agricultural field. The agreements were part of a series signed during the just concluded 3 day state visit of the Rwandan President Paul Kagame to Brazzaville. Congo will reportedly grant Rwanda 12,000 hectares of exploitable land in at least three Departments in… Read More

At least 28 people have drowned after their boat capsized in north-western Nigeria as they tried to cross a river to fetch firewood on Tuesday evening. Regional government official Aliyu Dantani has said most of the dead were teenage girls after emergency workers and volunteers retrieved their bodies from River Shagari in Sokoto state. Five children were also reported among… Read More

South Africa’s military chief has warned that terrorists in Mozambique must be dealt with before the problem spreads further afield. Rudzani Maphwanya was speaking in Pretoria following an agreement on Tuesday to expand a joint regional force in Mozambique. The South African troops are part of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission (SAMIM) to support Mozambique in its… Read More

A TV series on polygamy broadcast during Ramadan is causing controversy in Tunisia, a pioneering Arab country on women’s rights, where multiple unions have been banned for decades. The main character of the series “Baraa” (Innocence), Wannas, beats a rosary and demands, from the third episode onwards, to be united with a second wife. In front of his wife and… Read More

Tea is a widely produced crop in Rwanda that generated a revenue of $93m in 2020.The 5,000 smallholder farmers in Gicumbi district, members of the cooperatives Cooperative du Thé Mulindi (COOPTHE) and Cooperative du Thé Villageois Mulindi (COOTHEVM) and their umbrella investment vehicle, Mulindi Tea Company (MTC) are the new owners of the Mulindi factory, once of the biggest suppliers… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Every year in Cuba, millions of crabs emerge from the forest at the beginning of the spring rains and head for the waters of the Bay of Pigs, crossing streets and highways on a perilous journey to mate and reproduce. Now underway, the migration causes concern to drivers who try to swerve in an often… Read More