Africa
South African parents face prison if children skip school
October 28, 2023
South African parents face prison if children skip school
The South African parliament has passed a significant education bill mandating that parents ensure their children attend school or face a jail term. In South Africa where 8 out of 10 South African school children struggle with reading by the…
Record numbers of African migrants arrive in Canary Islands
October 24, 2023
Record numbers of African migrants arrive in Canary Islands
A total of 1,457 migrants had reached the Spanish islands off the western African coast between Friday night and Sunday morning, France 24 reported on Monday, October 23. An emergency services spokesman said all of the arrivals hailed from sub-Saharan…
Kenya: Stampede kills 4, injures dozens before public holiday celebrations
October 21, 2023
Kenya: Stampede kills 4, injures dozens before public holiday celebrations
Four people were killed and many others were injured in a stampede on Friday during National Heroes’ Day celebrations on Mashujaa Day in the western Kenyan city of Kericho, police said. The incident occurred at around 03:00 local time when…
Surge of break-bone fever claims hundreds of lives in Burkina Faso
October 20, 2023
Surge of break-bone fever claims hundreds of lives in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s health ministry has declared a dengue fever epidemic amid the deadliest outbreak in years in which more than 200 people have died and new cases are rising sharply. There have been 50,478 suspected cases and 214 deaths of…
Nearly 50 killed as wooden boat capsizes in DRC
October 16, 2023
Nearly 50 killed as wooden boat capsizes in DRC
At least 49 people were killed and 120 others are missing after a boat capsized Saturday in Mbandaka city on the Congo River in northwest Equateur Province, Anadolu Agency reported. “The boat was traveling to Bolomba when it tipped over…
Kenya: Large crowd of Muslims protest against LGBTQ rights
October 7, 2023
Kenya: Large crowd of Muslims protest against LGBTQ rights
Hundreds of Kenyan Muslims marched on the country’s Supreme Court Friday in protest against a recent decision upholding the right of LGBTQ groups to associate and form non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Deutsche Welle reported on Saturday, October 7. Angered Muslims carrying…
Al-Shabab suicide bomber blows up tea shop in Somalia capital, kills at least seven
October 1, 2023
Al-Shabab suicide bomber blows up tea shop in Somalia capital, kills at least seven
A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a tea shop in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, Al Jazeera reported. The Sunni-extremist al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media…
14 students abducted in Nigeria’s Zamfara state rescued by security forces
September 27, 2023
14 students abducted in Nigeria’s Zamfara state rescued by security forces
Security forces have rescued 14 of at least 20 students abducted from a university in northwestern Nigeria and are searching for the remaining captives, school authorities say. Gunmen attacked the school in Zamfara state’s Bungudu district last week and fled…
Somali army neutralizes at least 70 al-Shabaab militants
September 26, 2023
Somali army neutralizes at least 70 al-Shabaab militants
At least 70 members of the Sunni extremist group al-Shabaab were killed Sunday in a military operation conducted by the Somali National Army backed by local militias in north-central Mudug province. The joint force raided al-Shabaab terrorist hideouts and gathering…
Deadly truck blast hits checkpoint in central Somali town, kills 18
September 24, 2023
Deadly truck blast hits checkpoint in central Somali town, kills 18
The death toll in a truck bomb explosion that targeted a security checkpoint in a residential area in the central Somali town of Beledweyne has risen to 18, a top regional official said on Saturday. According to the director-general of…