Author: Keefa

Colonial deal and oil factor in Kenya-Somalia border row

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> It looks like the Kenya and Somalia border issue is throwing...

7 killed as thousands demand civilian rule in Sudan

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Huge crowds marched on Sudan’s defense ministry on Sunday demanding the ruling...

Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated...

Glencore’s Congo tragedy highlights security conundrum for miners

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The deaths of 43 illegal miners at a Glencore facility in Congo...

Italian police arrest migrant-rescue ship captain after docking

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Italian police arrested on Saturday the German captain of a migrant-rescue ship...

Cameroon opposition leader released after abduction

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The leader of one of Cameroon’s main opposition parties was released...

Ethiopia airs voice of alleged coup leader killed in crackdown

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Ethiopia has released a recording of the state militia commander it says...

Sudan security forces ‘carry out raid’ ahead of mass protest

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Sudan’s main opposition group says security forces raided its office and...

Rescue ship’s captain accuses European states of abandoning migrants

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The captain of rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 said on Thursday European states...

Nigerian man dies after hunger strike in Japan detention center

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A Nigerian man died in a Japanese immigration detention center this week,...

Ethiopia’s ethnic militias in the spotlight after failed coup

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A foiled coup in the Ethiopian state of Amhara that left five...

China says Africa projects should be sustainable, denounces criticism

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Chinese development projects in Africa must be sustainable, the government’s top diplomat...

Meet the ‘animals’ competing for the Africa Cup of Nations

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The Africa Cup of Nations is under way in Egypt, with 24...

Mauritania opposition challenges ruling party victory

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Mauritania’s ruling party candidate has won the first democratic transition of...

Ethiopia’s army chief, three others killed in failed regional coup

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">4</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the head of the northern state...

Mauritania’s Ghazouani wins majority in presidential vote: CENI

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Government candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins 51.9 percent with nearly all votes...

Armed robbers steal 500 loaves of bread in Zimbabwe

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A gang of armed robbers stole 500 loaves of bread during...

Butchers : Janjaweed and Mathiang Anyoor

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">5</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The massacre in cold blood that took place in front of the...

Militants killed while attacking Kenya police base

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Three suspected al-Shabab militants have been killed after they attacked a...

Field Masrshal Haftar Says Tripoli Operation Will Not Stop

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar vowed on Thursday that the...

Nigerian Girl, 18, Found Dead In Ghana-must-go Bag

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> An 18-year old girl identified as Favour Ogheneyenrowho kidnapped by suspected ritualist...

South Africa judiciary is about to be captured

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The EFF leader has accused politicians including Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin...

Amnesty International urges fair Egyptian inquiry into Mursi’s death

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Amnesty International urged Egyptian authorities on Monday to investigate the death...

Former Egyptian president Mursi buried in Cairo, son says

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>  Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has been buried alongside other senior...

Boko Haram Triple suicide attack kills at least 30 in Nigeria

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide...