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A map of the Central African Republic. — courtesy BBC
Funeralgoers die as ferry sinks in CAR
BANGUI — At least 58 people have died in the Central African Republic after the overcrowded ferry carrying them capsized, say officials.Most of the 300 people on board were on their way to a funeral on Friday when the vessel sank. It happened on the Mpoko river near the capital, Bangui.Footage of the accident on social media shows people falling or jumping into the water trying to reach the banks of the river.Boat disasters are not uncommon in the Central African Republic."What just happened was terrifying," a witness told French-language broadcaster RFI."I know a family who've lost seven relatives in this tragedy."Speaking to local station Radio Guira on Saturday, civil protection head Thomas Djimasse said rescuers retrieved "58 lifeless bodies" from...
April 20, 2024

Funeralgoers die as ferry sinks in CAR

Col. Ibro Amadou, an influential member of the military regime in power in Niger, gives a military salute while attending a demonstration for the immediate departure of United States army soldiers deployed in northern Niger in Niamey. — courtesy AFP
US agrees to pull troops out of Niger
NIAMEY — All US soldiers are set to leave Niger, ending their role in the fight against Islamist insurgents.Military leaders in the West African nation have sought closer ties with Russia since seizing power in a coup last year.On Friday the US also announced that it had agreed to close down its drone base near Agadez, in the Sahara desert.Niger is in Africa’s Sahel region, which is considered the new global epicenter of the Islamic State group.The US has relied on Niger as its primary base for monitoring regional jihadist activity.An American delegation is to head within days to Niger’s capital, Niamey, to arrange an orderly withdrawal of its more than 1,000 troops.Friday’s announcement follows talks in Washington between the US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell and...
April 20, 2024

US agrees to pull troops out of Niger

Senegal has a long experience of heatwaves and is seeing decreasing rainfall as a result of climate change
Climate change: Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without global warming
BOMAKO — A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.Researchers say human activities like burning fossil fuels made temperatures up to 1.4C hotter than normal.A separate study on drought in Southern Africa said El Niño was to blame, rather than climate change.A number of countries in the Sahel region and across West Africa were hit by a strong heatwave that struck at the end of March and lasted into early April.The heat was most strongly felt in the southern regions of Mali and Burkina Faso.In Bamako, the capital of Mali, the Gabriel Toure Hospital said it recorded 102 deaths in the first...
April 18, 2024

Climate change: Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without global warming

Cubana Chief Priest appeared in court in the main city Lagos. — courtesy BBC/Adesola Ikulajolu
Nigerian socialite charged for throwing money in air
LAGOS — Nigerian socialite and businessman Cubana Chief Priest has become the latest local celebrity to be charged with abusing banknotes.The socialite, whose real name is Pascal Okechukwu, pleaded not guilty to three counts of abusing banknotes during a court appearance on Wednesday.Authorities say he threw money into the air at various social events.This is technically an offense as notes fall to the ground where they can be trodden on.The practice, known as “spraying”, is commonly done at Nigerian weddings and celebrations as a token of appreciation.On Tuesday, Nigeria’s elite anti-crime agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it was leading a drive against “all forms of naira [the currency] abuse”.The EFCC accused Okechukwu of “spraying” and...
April 17, 2024

Nigerian socialite charged for throwing money in air

President Faure Gnassingbé has been president since 2005, succeeding his father who became president in 1967. — courtesy Getty Images
Togo constitution: Opposition says changes are presidential ‘power grab’
LOME — The opposition in Togo has denounced a proposed new constitution as a power grab, intended to extend the reign of President Faure Gnassingbé.The reforms would see the West African country move from a presidential to a parliamentary system. But the opposition said they are a ruse to keep Gnassingbé — already in his fourth term — in power.The president’s supporters say the changes would reduce the powers of the head of state by transforming the presidency into a ceremonial role. Human Rights Minister Yawa Djigbodi Tségan said they will “improve democracy in the country”.But the opposition said the reforms would allow him to remain president until 2031 and then be appointed to the new position of “president of the council of ministers” — in effect prime minister...
April 16, 2024

Togo constitution: Opposition says changes are presidential ‘power grab’

Supporters of Niger's National Council for Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) hold up Niger's national flag and the national flag of Russia at the General Seyni Kountche stadium in Niamey on Agust 26, 2023
Russian weapons and trainers arrive in Niger weeks after US military agreement ends
NIAMEY — Russia has delivered military equipment to Niger that will provide the African country with the “latest generation of anti-aircraft defense systems,” Nigerien state broadcaster RTN said Thursday.The equipment arrived in Niamey on Wednesday along with 100 Russian military instructors who will install the system and train Nigerien soldiers to use it, RTN added.Russian state media RIA Novosti said early Friday that Russian military instructors arrived in Niger “to train local forces in the fight against terrorism.”“This means that Russia is returning to Africa,” an RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the scene, adding that NATO troops have also been arriving in Niamey to further catch a transfer flight to Agadez where “right now about 1,100 American soldiers are...
April 12, 2024

Russian weapons and trainers arrive in Niger weeks after US military agreement ends

Defender Luke Fleurs joined Kaizer Chiefs last October
Six arrested over killing of South African Kaizer Chiefs star
JOHANNESBURG — Six men have been arrested in connection with the killing of South African footballer Luke Fleurs.The 24-year-old Kaizer Chiefs star was shot dead in a car-jacking at a petrol station in Johannesburg last week.In a statement, police said that the six suspects were arrested in Soweto on Wednesday morning.The police say they believe the "suspects are part of a syndicate that is responsible for car hijackings" in the Gauteng province.Investigators are still actively searching for more suspects.Officers said they had recovered the footballer's car — which had been stripped — on Monday.Fleurs was waiting to be attended to at the petrol station when he was approached by unknown gunmen, who ordered him to get out of the vehicle, authorities say.The police said...
April 11, 2024

Six arrested over killing of South African Kaizer Chiefs star

The Golden Top Support Service employees in Lusaka, Zambia. — courtesy Drug Enforcement Commission
Zambia uncovers 'sophisticated' Chinese cybercrime syndicate
LUSAKA — A "sophisticated Internet fraud syndicate" has been uncovered in Zambia, leading to the arrest of 77 people, including 22 Chinese nationals.It was a "significant breakthrough in the fight against cybercrime", the authorities said after a multi-agency raid on a Chinese-run company.The firm employed Zambians who believed they were to be call-center agents.Among equipment seized were devices allowing callers to disguise their location and thousands of Sim cards.Golden Top Support Services, the company at the center of the raid, has not commented on the allegations.The swoop on its premises, located in Roma, an upmarket suburb of the capital, Lusaka, was led by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and also involved the police, the immigration department and...
April 10, 2024

Zambia uncovers 'sophisticated' Chinese cybercrime syndicate

Jacob Zuma was president of South Africa between 2009 and 2018.
Zuma wins court battle to stand in South Africa's election
PRETORIA — South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma is free to run in May's general election after an electoral court overturned a ban on his candidacy.Last month the electoral commission barred him over a contempt of court conviction.It argued the constitution prevented people from holding public office if convicted of a crime and sentenced to more than 12 months in prison.Zuma, 81, has been campaigning for the new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party.A former stalwart of the governing African National Congress (ANC), he is a controversial figure and served as president from 2009 until 2018, when he had to step down because of corruption allegations.He was sentenced to 15 months in jail in 2021 for failing to testify in a corruption investigation, though he only served three months on...
April 09, 2024

Zuma wins court battle to stand in South Africa's election

Betta Edu attends an event in Johannesburg, South Africa – 2018. — courtesy Getty Images
Nigeria recovers $24m in poverty minister investigation — EFCC
ABUJA — The 37-year-old poverty alleviation minister denied any wrongdoing when she was suspended in JanuaryNigeria has recovered 30bn naira ($24m; £19m) as part of an ongoing corruption probe into a suspended minister, the financial watchdog says.The funds were traced to more than 50 bank accounts, it said.Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister Betta Edu was initially suspended in January over the alleged diversion of $640,000 of public money into a personal bank account.President Bola Tinubu then ordered an investigation into her Ministry.At the time Dr. Edu, 37, denied any wrongdoing. Her office said she had approved the transfer into a personal account, which was not in her name, but said it was for the “implementation of grants to vulnerable groups”.The Economic...
April 09, 2024

Nigeria recovers $24m in poverty minister investigation — EFCC

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