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Rebel Group Seize Villages In DRC Near Uganda, Rwanda Borders
Suspected fighters from M23, a rebel group that claimed large swaths of territory between 2012 and 2013 has seized at least two villages overnight in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) near the border with Uganda and Rwanda, according to local officials. On Monday, Lieutenant-Colonel Muhindo Luanzo, assistant to the administrator of Rutshuru…
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Why The Anambra State Elections Was Declared Inconclusive
The electoral commission of Nigeria, INEC has suspended the collision of votes and announcement of results in Anambra State in what political party actors as well as voters opine might be a ploy to rig elections. However, INEC Returning Officer of the Anambra governorship election, Florence Obi, has disabused these opinions, saying that the suspension…
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69 People Killed In Fresh Islamic Extremist Attack In Mali
Niger’s government says 69 people were killed in the latest violent attack in Niger’s ‘tri-border zone with Burkina Faso and Mali. The violence took place earlier this week near Banibangou, about 155 miles (250 kilometres) north of the capital, Niamey, a volatile area that has been the epicentre of a years-long conflict between state forces…
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200 Nigerian, Niger Illegal Migrants Voluntarily Return Home from Libya
Libyan authorities in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration on Wednesday returned 91 voluntary illegal migrants to their country of origin, Niger, while another 162 Nigerian migrants returned voluntarily to their country, via Mitiga airport in the capital, Tripoli. This was stated by the head of the deportation department of illegal migrants at Misrata…
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Third Bomb Explosion Kills Two Children In Uganda
Two children have been killed in Nakaseke district, north of Uganda’s capital Kampala after a fruit-like bomb exploded in a children’s playground on Friday. According to reports, the device was shaped like an exotic “jackfruit” and was given to the children while they were playing. A 14-year-old and a second child with disabilities died from…
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Military Air Raid In Tigray Kills 10, Including Children
Ethiopia’s military has reportedly carried out another air raid on the capital of the war-torn Tigray region killing ten people and wounding more than 20, according to hospital staff. The government of Ethiopia said the attack on Thursday, the latest in its campaign of air bombardments, hit a factory in Mekelle used by the Tigray…
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Ethiopia Declares State Of Emergency As Rebels Advance Capital
Ethiopia’s cabinet has declared a nationwide state of emergency after Tigrayan rebels seized two crucial towns in an apparent push to the capital. According to state-affiliated media, lawmakers are expected to approve the measure within 24 hours. “The state of emergency is aimed to protect civilians from atrocities being committed by the terrorist TPLF group…
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Sudanese Army Dissolves Interim Government
Sudan’s top general has dissolved all authorities leading the country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders on Monday in what activists denounced as a “coup”. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained figures of the government in charge of…
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Tigray Defence Force Parade 7,000 Captured Ethiopian Soldiers
The Tigray Defence Force has released a rare video showing more than 7,000 captured Ethiopian soldiers walking towards the Mekele Rehabilitation Centre, in the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) shared that the captured soldiers walked for four days, a 75 km long journey from Abdi Eshir to Mekele, the capital of…
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30 Kidnapped Students Released In Northwest Nigeria
Thirty students who were kidnapped by criminal gangs locally known as bandits have been released four months after their abduction in northwest Nigeria. More than 1,000 students have been snatched since December in Africa’s most populous nation by gunmen known locally as bandits. “Today… thirty (30) students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri have…