French President Emmanuel Macron will convene a defense council on Tuesday, August 11 following Sunday’s attack in Niger that left eight people dead, including six French nationals, the Elysee said. Plusieurs de nos compatriotes et des nigériens ont été lâchement assassinés hier au Niger au cours d'une attaque meurtrière. Je partage la douleur de leurs…
Category: Africa
Niger attack defined «terrorism»
Six aid workers and their two guides were killed by armed men in a deadly attack in Niger, during excursion to natural park. French charity ACTED confirmed their deaths in random attack on the vehicle on Sunday, August 9. The French government called it a terrorist attack, though no group has yet claimed responsibility. Unidentified…
Lions need protecton amid pandemic crisis
African countries need to strengthen protection of lions without delay amid threats to their survival linked to aggravating situation related to pandemic criis, reflecting in rise absence of tourims, and rising of poaching, conservationists said on ahead of World Lions Dayobserved on August 10. Only 20,000 wild lions remain in Africa, which is half of…
Burkina Faso: gunmen attacked cattle market
A group of gunmen killed about 20 people in an attack on a cattle market in eastern Burkina Faso on August 7, the government said in a statement. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the village of Fada N’Gourma, around which the army is conducting a search operation. #BurkinaFaso: Striking testimony from a…
Botswana dimond trade plunges
Botswana’s rough diamond exports plunged 68% in the second quarter of the year, data published by the central bank showed on August 7, as the COVID-19 pandemic affected demand, and trade. Sales of rough diamonds from Botswana fall due to a travel ban and production crunch linked to the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/ceCYYrrW9f — Bloomberg (@business)…
Al Shabaab attack in Mogadishu
A huge blast rocked a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia capital, killing at least eight people and injuring 14, emergency workers said, and the militant group al Shabaab has already claimed responsiblity. Soldiers opened fire after the explosion which sent clouds of smoke into the sky, said a resident of from the area. “We ran…
Cote d’Ivoire President Ouattara aims at re-election
Cote d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara,78, will seek re-election in October this year after his proposed successor, former Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, died last month. J’ai la conviction, que par l'engagement et le travail de toutes les forces vives de la Nation, dans l'union et la paix, nous parviendrons à bâtir pour nous-mêmes et pour…
Ghana: «witch camps» controversy
In Ghana an elderly woman was lynched accused of whitchcraft. She didn’t survive the beatings, but some of women who survive the ordeal are sent away or flee to places called “witch camps“. The recent murder of 90-year-old, Akua Denteh has caused an international outrage. Dentah was accused of being a “witch” by a local…
Cameroon: Islamists attack refugee camp
Islamist group Boko Haram is suspected to be responsible for killing of 15 people and leaving the other six wounded in a grenade attack on a camp for displaced people in northern Cameroon on Sunday,August 2, a local official told. The village is located in the Mozogo district, close to the Nigerian border in the…
Namibia: no alcohol consumption in bars
Namibia has 2,129 confirmed cases and 10 deaths with the country’s rate of daily new cases now the fourth highest on the continent following South Africa, Eswatini and Gabon, according to President Hage Geingob announcement. Subsequenly he imposed limits on public gatherings, deacreasing to 100 from 250 amid surging cases, the President announced. People will…
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