World
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Mozambique moves people to shelters as storm Freddy approaches
Mozambican authorities were moving people to shelters on Friday as tropical storm Freddy was due to make landfall later in the day. Up to 1.75 million people could be affected by the storm and severe…
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[Nigeria Election 2023] U.S. president Biden calls for peaceful, transparent exercise
U.S. President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Nigeria’s imminent presidential election to be peaceful and transparent, urging candidates and parties to accept the results as announced by the countr…
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Biden pushes for stricter human rights review on weapons sales
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled on Thursday a long-awaited overhaul of arms export policy with increased emphasis on human rights, backing off a Trump-era policy of giving more wei…
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Police officer purportedly commits suicide because of wife’s infidelity
A police officer has reportedly hanged himself over domestic squabbles and wife’s infidelity. The deceased, constable Kiplagat Koskei from Kenya, allegedly committed suicide after finding out that hi…
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Nigerian police arrest notorious robber-chef who specialises in sedating and robbing his employers
The police in Lagos state have arrested Wilfred Amoussou pictured above for allegedly sedating his employers and stealing their valuables. In a tweet shared on his handle this morning, the spokesper…
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Man who burnt his wife, 3 children to death in Uganda ‘gifted’ a 40-year jail time
A 45-year-old man in Kigezi Sub-region, Uganda, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for burning his wife and three children to death in a house. Kabale High Court Judge Samuel Emokor on Wednesda…
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At least 19 soldiers killed in north Burkina Faso attack on Monday
At least 19 members of Burkina Faso’s army were killed in an attack in the north of the country on Monday, two security sources said, the second major assault on forces fighting jihadist militants in…
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Nigeria’s forthcoming ‘showdown’ General Elections; What You Need To Know
Nigerians are set to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday that are seen as the most wide open since Africa’s most populous nation switched from military rule to democracy in 1…
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U.S. Supreme Court battle it out over Istanbul massacre case against Twitter
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard for a second straight day a bid to hold internet companies accountable for contentious content posted by users, this time involving a lawsuit against Twitter…
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Ex-security minister for Mexico convicted of drug trafficking
The former face of Mexico’s war on drugs has been convicted by a US jury of drug trafficking. Genaro García Luna, once Mexico’s security minister, was found guilty of taking millions of dollars from …