Nigeria’s ruling party has launched a rally of President Muhammadu Buhari’s (76) re-election bid in the southern city of Uyo, hours after naming a campaign team which includes Africa’s richest businessmen. Buhari Campaigns In Akwa Ibom, Asks Nigerians To ‘Sweat, Work’ For Survival. https://t.co/LJbzP7kJSZ pic.twitter.com/hEqrPR7FBB — Channels Television (@channelstv) December 28, 2018 An election is…
Category: West Africa
Goddess Osun festival in Nigeria
Fertility goddess Osun festival attracts thousands of Yorubas, an ancient ethnic group in West Africa that numbers around 40 million, the vast majority living in Nigeria. VIDEO: The Arugba brings Osun-Osogbo festival to exciting climax https://t.co/Eih3aGFg7W #OsunOsogboFestival pic.twitter.com/7YDBYEKMOx — TheCable (@thecableng) August 19, 2018 According to Unesco which named the area a World Heritage site in…
Al-Qaeda in Mali claims rocket attack
Nusrat al-Islam militants claim the mortar (or rocket) attack carried out on July 29th 2018 against a #MINUSMA military camp in Aguelhok, Kidal region. The group also says that it will not end its attacks against France until French soldiers have left their country. #Mali: #JNIM claimed today's mortar/rocket attack that targeted the #MINUSMA base…
Cassava disease threatens West Africa
Researchers from half a dozen states in West Africa have united in a battle against what one expert dabbed a root crop ‘Ebola’- a viral disease that could wreck the region’s staple food and condemn millions to hunger. The cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), a virus that strikes cassava (manioc), which in some of the…
EU determined to support Mali in counterterrorism
Mali headquarters of an international counterterrorism task force, G5 Sahel, were attacked on Friday in a car bomb blast, killing six people and leaving many injured, according to officials. “Shortly after Friday prayers, a suicide bomber in a vehicle painted with UN colours blew up at the entrance to the G5 base in Sevare. It…
Outbreak of cholera in Nigeria
A cholera outbreak has killed 12 people and may have infected at least 134 others in the northeast Nigerian state of Adamawa, an official said on Wednesday (23/05/2018). Deadly Cholera Outbreak in Northwest Nigeria https://t.co/5QFwgI2A7L pic.twitter.com/OqhdDpTVgF — Voice of America (@VOANews) May 23, 2018 “So far 12 people have died from the disease and there…
Policeman killed in Ouagadougou in counterterrorist raid
Burkina Faso security forces neutralised three suspected terrorists and arrested one more on Tuesday (22/05/2017) morning in an operation on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou, state television reported. #BREAKING At least 3 dead in anti-terror arrests in Burkina Faso capital — AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 22, 2018 One policeman was killed in the…
EU pledges €1.45 billion for The Gambia to assist democratic transition
A total of €1.45 billion were mobilised by the International Conference for The Gambia, co-chaired by The Gambia and the European Union. The reinforced political and financial support by the international community will assist The Gambia in continuing its democratic transition, building on strong democratic institutions, the respect of human rights and the rule of…
Tajani condolences to Mubi bombing victims
The European Parliament president Antonio Tajani send his condolences to families of victims of a Mosque attack in Nigeria. Already 60 people have been reported dead; and dozens of injured following an explosion in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, North-east Nigeria. The blast occurred Tuesday (1/05/2018) afternoon while worshippers were holding Zuhr prayer. https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/991403005978214401 The locals…
Tuaregs killed in Menaka region
More than 40 people from the Tuareg community have been killed in two separate attacks by suspected jihadist offensive in north-eastern Mali, officials say. Majority of the victims were young men. Suspected jihadists kill 40 Tuaregs in north Mali – governor https://t.co/rEfzUeEILi pic.twitter.com/TybDD853DH — Africa Report (@africa_report) April 29, 2018 The attacks happened in the remote…
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