A fire that started at a store where witnesses claimed gasoline was being unloaded on Saturday resulted in at least 35 fatalities in southeast Benin, according to a spokesperson of the justice ministry. Near the Nigerian border in Seme-Podji municipality, the fire started about 09:30 local time. Prosecutor Abdoubaki Adam-BongleContinue Reading
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Authorities say an explosives-laden car exploded at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 40 others. The Hirshabelle state interior minister, Abdirahman Dahir Gure, reported the toll to press. “Twenty of the wounded haveContinue Reading
Niamey, Niger (AFP) – The French ambassador was given 48 hours to leave Niger by the military authorities who took over the government in July, according to a statement from Niamey’s foreign ministry on Friday. Since the July 26 coup, relations between the new government in Niamey and many WesternContinue Reading
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya had a national power outage on Saturday evening due to a “system issue,” according to energy distributor Kenya Power (KPLC.NR). “We are working hard to restore normality as soon as possible,” Kenya Power stated in a statement. Kenya Power is the country’s primary electricity distributor, andContinue Reading
ABUJA: President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has celebrated the completion of a $1.5 billion deep seaport built by China in the commercial centre of Lagos, which officials believe will help the struggling economy of the West African country thrive. According to Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lekki Deep Sea Port,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON -The US strongly denounced the death of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya on Monday. While addressing reporters in Washington, US State Department spokeswoman Ned Price stated, “We are extremely grieved by the loss of Arshad Sharif.” He sent his sympathies to Arshad’s family and loved ones, as wellContinue Reading
ACCRA, Ghana (AFP) – According to the authorities, at least 17 people were killed and 59 were injured in a horrific explosion in a western Ghana town Thursday when a truck carrying explosives collided with a motorcycle. The explosion at Apiate, near the city of Bogoso, some 300 kilometres (180Continue Reading
GENEVA (AFP) – During tense talks on Monday, Russia told the US that it had no plans to invade Ukraine, and the two sides agreed to step up efforts to keep tensions from escalating into a full-fledged conflict. After more than seven hours of talks in Geneva, Russian and USContinue Reading
(AFP) One of the four sources, Balarabe Alhaji, a community leader in one of the devastated areas in Zamfara state, said, “We buried a total of 143 individuals slain by the bandits in the raids.” Hundreds of motorcycle-riding gunmen attacked ten villages in the Anka and Bukkuyum districts on WednesdayContinue Reading
DUBAI: Due to coronavirus fears, the UAE has prohibited inbound flights from Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, according to state news agency WAM on Saturday. “This includes halting admission of visitors who were in the four nations 14 days before arriving in the UAE, however flight operations from the UAEContinue Reading
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