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Boko Haram kills six Nigerian farmers
Boko Haram fighters over the weekend killed at least six farmers who were working on their land near the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, according to civilian militia members and locals. Gunmen on motorcycles attacked the group who were preparing their fields for the rainy season outside Amrawa village, 16…
Read More »South Africa court to rule on Zuma confidence vote
South Africa‘s top court weighed on Monday whether lawmakers can cast secret ballots in a no-confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma as hundreds protested in Johannesburg demanding his removal. Zuma, who has been implicated in a series of corruption scandals, has survived similar votes in the past. Parliament Speaker Baleka…
Read More »Gunfire hits Abidjan, Bouake and San Pedro amid mutiny
Gunfire has erupted in several cities in Ivory Coast, according to witnesses, as the military presses an operation aimed at ending a mutiny by soldiers demanding bonus payments. Heavy gunfire was heard early on Monday in the east of the commercial capital, Abidjan, and Ivory Coast’s second largest city, Bouake,…
Read More »UN appeals for $1.4bn in help for South Sudan refugees
The UN says it needs $1.4bn to help refugees escaping conflict and famine in South Sudan. The country has been locked in a civil war since 2013 when President Salva Kiir accused his deputy Riek Machar of plotting a coup. And now, almost two million people are seeking refuge in…
Read More »Trial of ex-leader Blaise Compaore under way
A closely-watched trial of Burkina Faso’s Blaise Compaore, former president, and members of his cabinet is under way in the capital, Ouagadougou. Compaore, who fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast during a popular revolt in 2014 against his attempts to change the constitution and extend his 27-year-rule, is being tried in absentia.…
Read More »I Coast: Gunfire erupts in Abidjan, Bouake amid mutiny
Gunfire was heard early on Monday in Ivory Coast’s two main cities, according to witnesses, as the military pressed an operation aimed at ending a mutiny by soldiers demanding bonus payments. In the commercial capital of Abidjan, shots were heard from two military camps in the east of the city,…
Read More »South Africa: Health system’s failures hit cancer patients
Doctors in the South African city of Durban say the health system is failing patients because of corruption and state negligence. They say cancer patients, in particular, are dying because they are not getting the treatment they need in the city’s hospitals. Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports from Durban. The…
Read More »Ivory Coast launches military operation to quash mutiny
Ivory Coast has launched a military operation “to re-establish order” after soldiers who staged a three-day mutiny over bonus payments refused the army’s demand to disarm. The mutineers, most of them former rebel fighters who fought to bring President Alassane Ouattara to power, have sealed off Ivory Coast’s second-largest city,…
Read More »Italy rescues 484 people from the Mediterranean
Seven bodies were recovered and 484 people were rescued from boats in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to cross into Europe, Italy’s coastguard said. The Italian coastguards, navy, an aid group and two private vessels rescued the refugees and migrants, who were travelling on four rubber boats, on Saturday, the…
Read More »Six wounded in Ivory Coast anti-mutiny protest
Six people, including a mother of three, were wounded when renegade soldiers in Ivory Coast opened fire at a protest against an army mutiny in Bouake, according to witnesses. The mutiny over a pay dispute began in Bouake on Friday, and spread quickly to other cities and towns, mirroring an uprising by…
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New Podcast ‘Future of Africa’ Amplifies the Voices of African Youth Re-shaping Our World
Launched by the African Union Youth Envoy, the United Nations Foundation, and The Elders …
