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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
KHARTOUM— The death toll from the recent heavy rains and floods in Sudan has climbed to 75, the country’s National Council for Civil Defense said.In addition, 30 people were injured, while 12,551 homes destroyed and 20,751 others damaged during the rai…
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