CONAKRY— Guinea’s ruling military junta on Saturday appointed acting Prime Minister Bernard Gomou to fill the position on a permanent basis, replacing Mohamed Beavogui, who has been absent since last month.The junta named Gomou to serve as acting prime…
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Int’l community condemns hotel attack in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU— The international community on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack on a popular hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, Friday evening, with 12 people killed and several others wounded.In separate statements issued in Mogadishu, the Unit…
Read MoreSomalia: Attackers seize control of hotel in Mogadishu
Attackers seized control of a popular hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire.Abdikadir Abdirahman, director and founder of Mogadishu’s Aamin ambulance services, said late on Friday so far nine wounded people w…
Read MoreNigeria’s Osun River: Sacred, Revered and Increasingly Toxic
Yeyerisa Abimbola has dedicated most of her 58 years on Earth to the Osun, a waterway in deeply religious Nigeria named for the river goddess of fertility. As the deity’s chief priestess, she leads other women known as servants of Osun in daily worship…
Read More95 killed in South Sudan communal conflicts
At least 95 people have been killed in communal conflicts in South Sudan in July alone, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has reported.A humanitarian snapshot released by UNOCHA on Thursday adds that more than …
Read MoreEmirates airline suspends all flights to Nigeria as it struggles to repatriate funds
ABUJA— Nigeria’s aviation ministry says it is “working hard” to release trapped funds to the Emirates airline after the carrier suspended flights to Nigeria beginning next month.Emirates announced in a statement Thursday, that it has put a hold on flig…
Read MorePractice makes perfect: simulated trials in East Africa aim to help prosecute pirates
Pirates commandeering a ship – it might seem like a remote, historical problem, seen mostly in movies and children’s adventure books. But modern maritime piracy remains a serious problem across the globe. According to the International Maritime Organiz…
Read MoreZimbabwe: Measles outbreak leaves more than 150 children dead
HARARE— An outbreak of measles in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children with the death toll nearly doubling in just under a week, the government said.The total number of suspected cases across the country has risen from 1,036 to 2,056 in the space …
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