Gunman kills four at Tunisia synagogue pilgrimage/in /by
The Ghriba attack also comes as Tunisia endures a severe financial crisis that has worsened since President Kais Saied seized power in July 2021 and rammed through a constitution that gave his office sweeping powers and neutered parliament.
France: trial of a former Rwandan gendarme for “genocide”/in /by
The trial of Philippe Hategekimana, naturalized French in 2005 under the name of Philippe Manier, opened Wednesday in Paris for "genocide, crimes against humanity and participation in an agreement" for the preparation of these crimes.
Niger: more than 13,000 women and children have fled “exactions”/in /by
More than 13,000 women and children have fled the islands of the Niger River, after "exactions" by armed men in these territories of the Tillabéri region (west), where clashes between communities have left several dead, said Tuesday the Nigerien public radio station Voix du Sahel.
DRC: around Goma, “48 victims of sexual violence per day”/in /by
During the last two weeks of April, "more than 670 victims of sexual violence were taken care of" in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, alerted the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday evening.
Sudan: strong explosions in Khartoum on the 26th day of the war/in /by
"We were awakened by explosions and heavy artillery fire," a resident of Omdurman, a city on the outskirts of Khartoum, told AFP
Nigeria: RT200 Initiative Boosted Non-Oil Exports By 40 Percent in 2022, $1.7bn Inflow Recorded in Q1, 2023 – Emefiele/in /by
[This Day] The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday disclosed that the Race to $200 billion in foreign exchange (FX) repatriation programme (RT200) of the bank has boosted repatriation of funds into the country by 40 per cent in 2022.
Nigeria: Gunmen storm Sunday church service, abduct 25 in Kaduna/in /by
"At the sound of the gunshots, everybody scampered to safety. We forgot that they were even lying down there because the gunshots were everywhere. You can't know where to run to. So that was how they came, met them and they shot them. " Rikichi David, Chikun resident
Senegal opposition calls for protests over alleged threat to bar Sonko from vote/in /by
"We call on the Senegalese people and the nation's active forces to mobilise so that, beyond the F24 march on the 12th (May 2024, ed.), the 19th will be a great demonstration to thwart all these prospects of obstructing President Ousmane Sonko's candidacy throughout the country and in the diaspora."
Protesters rally in support of army in Port Sudan as conflict displaces over 700 000/in /by
Tuesday's demonstration served as a show of support by hundreds of Beja tribesmen demanding weapons to fight alongside the army in a conflict that has already left more than 750 people dead and 5,000 injured.
Nigeria: Navy Warns Oil Thieves, Vandals to Stay Away From Creeks/in /by
[This Day] The Nigeria Navy yesterday reiterated its stance to rid the Niger Delta in particular and the country in general of activities of crude oil thieves and pipeline vandals.