African News

The Ethiopian military has detained the BBC reporter in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit region of Tigray. Witnesses say Girmay Gebru along with four other people were taken from a café in the regional capital, Mekelle. Mr. Girmay Gebru is reported to have been taken to a military camp in Mekelle.BBC is, however, yet to establish the reason for the detention of one ...

Days before gunmen stormed a secondary school in Nigeria and kidnapped girls, parents tried to pull them out of school. School authorities and local security agencies were warned that danger loomed in the town. In particular, the residents stressed about the town in which the school is located. On Friday, heavily armed militants seized at least 315 girls from the ...

The president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi has met and forgiven two young men for abusing him on social media. The two abused the person of the president because he imposed a new coronavirus night-time curfew. Police detained the two victims on Feb 12 after their video in which they abused the Mozambique president went viral. The president explained to the ...

Ghana has suspended all parliamentary sittings due to the increasing coronavirus cases in the country. This will go on for about three weeks until a solution is found. Most of the parliamentarians including the Speaker, Alban Bagbin have recently contracted the virus. The alarming rate of infections within the chambers couldn’t let the sessions go on when the situation is ...

The government of Chad has barred the opposition from staging protests ahead of an expected announcement by President Idriss Deby Itno’s party. Apparently, the veteran leader will be its champion in upcoming elections. In a decree published late Monday, Public Security Minister Mahamat Tahir Orozi said the authorities cannot allow the holding of such protests. He claims the protests have ...