BAMAKO, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three Malian soldiers were killed and four others injured, in an ambush yesterday, in Boulkessy, a town in Mali’s central region of Mopti, the Defence Ministry said.
“On Sept 23, (yesterday), around 12:45 p.m. (1245 GMT), a FAMa (Malian armed forces) patrol team was ambushed, at the south of Boulkessy,” the ministry said in a press release.
CAPE TOWN, Sept 23 (NNN-BUANEWS) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), called on governments, parents, and teachers across Eastern and Southern Africa, to urgently and safely re-open schools, as the costs of continued school closures escalate across the region.
Across this region of the nearly 65 million children remaining out of school, around one in two are not reached by any form of learning, while millions continue to miss what was their one nutritious meal of the day, according to UNICEF.
LAGOS(Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a long-awaited oil-reform bill and it will be formally presented in the Senate as early as next week, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The legislation has been in the works for the past 20 years, and the main laws governing Nigeria’s oil and gas exploration have not been fully updated since the 1960s because of the contentious nature of any change to oil taxes, terms and revenue-sharing within Nigeria.
DOUALA (Reuters) - Police and gendarmes in Cameroon used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters calling for an end to President Paul Biya’s near 40-year rule in the commercial hub of Douala on Tuesday, Reuters witnesses said.
The protest was called by Biya’s rival Maurice Kamto of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement party, who hopes to spark a popular revolt, the likes of which have been seen in other African nations such as Mali and Burkina Faso.
GARISSA, Sept 20 (NNN-KBC) – Kenyan police, yesterday, arrested 12 people from neighbouring Somalia without valid identification documents, along the common border.
Garissa divisional police commander, Joseph Muriuki, said, the suspects were being ferried in a Garissa county government vehicle, but had the government of Kenya number plates.
Muriuki said, the suspects were arrested at the Garissa-Tana Bridge by police officers, who demanded to see their valid work permits.
MOGADISHU, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has appointed Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country's new prime minister to replace Ali Hassan Khaire, who was impeached by parliament in July.
Farmajo, who made the announcement on Thursday night, directed Roble to form a new government to lead the country through the transition period as Somalia prepares for the 2020/2021 general elections.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, including to a Yemeni under U.S. sanctions for alleged militant links, according to a report seen by Reuters.
The findings by a Geneva-based research group, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, could further complicate attempts by Somali transfer companies to retain access to international banking services.
15 Sep 2020; MEMO: Authorities in South Africa were unaware that Iran was plotting to assassinate US Ambassador to the country, Lana Marks.
According to Bloomberg, a spokesman for the South African Foreign Ministry described the American reports on the case as “surprising”. The official said: “We knew about this report only this morning.”
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni have signed an agreement for the construction of a 3.5 billion-U.S.-dollar crude oil pipeline.
The agreement, signed in Magufuli's native town of Chato in northwest Tanzania on Sunday, paved the way for the progress of the 1,445 km pipeline running from Uganda's oilfields in Hoima to Tanzania's Tanga port.
The two leaders urged officials from both countries to immediately conclude remaining issues for the project and move on.
KINSHASA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 people are feared dead after a gold mine collapsed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said Saturday.
The accident occurred on Friday afternoon in the town of Kamituga in South Kivu province following heavy rains.
Photos and videos on social media showed hundreds of people, some of whom could be heard wailing on a hillside around the mine-shaft entrance.
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