Police in Kenya hurl teargas at protesters against gender-based violence/in /by
“It is very sad that I was injured while championing for women not to be injured or killed. If the president is serious about ending femicide, let him start by taking action on the officers who have brutalized us today,”
Israel’s Netanyahu testifies in corruption trial/in /by
The Israeli prime minister faces three separate cases of corruption which include allegations of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted
A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring older people to avenge his son’s death/in /by
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the ongoing violence, which saw the killing of “at least 184 people, including 127 elderly men and women, between December 6-8 in the Wharf Jérémie neighbourhood of Cite Soleil,”
Uganda: UNHCR raises alarm over suicide rates among refugees/in /by
“Even in my sleep, I dream of bombs pounding the city, and I wake up in a panic because I’m so scared…”
UN warns of escalating insecurity in DR Congo/in /by
UN Special Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Bintou Keita reported “Political tensions around calls to revise the Constitution, and the continued and escalating insecurity in North Kivu and Ituri, especially related to the activity of ADF, M23, CODECO and Zaïre.”
Nigeria: Seplat Energy Completes $800 Million Mobil Assets Transaction Thursday/in /by
[This Day] The assets Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) between Seplat Energy Plc and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) is set to close officially on Thursday, a document seen by THISDAY has shown.
Gold mining threatens protected UN heritage site in Congo/in /by
Spanning more than 13,000 square kilometers (5,000 square miles), the Okapi reserve became a protected site due to its unique biodiversity and large number of threatened species, including its namesake, the okapi. A Chinese company is accused of exploiting gold inside in the forest
Syrians rush to notorious prison to search for loved ones/in /by
Thousands of Syrians headed Monday to Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus to search for their loved ones. Civil defense workers and teams from the White Helmets civil defense group were seen digging holes inside the prison in search for hidden cells or underground chambers
Nigeria: New Port Harcourt Refinery Over 90% Completed – Mele Kyari/in /by
[Vanguard] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, said the new Port Harcourt refinery is over 90 percent completed.
Nigeria: Import Licences – Dangote Refinery Applies to Amend Suit Against NNPC, Others/in /by
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja for permission to amend the suit it filed to nullify licenses the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and six others secured to import refined petroleum products into the country.