France, Germany and Italy on Thursday called on forces in Libya to cease fighting and for outside parties to stop any interference in a bid to try and get political talks back on track. “In light of the growing risks of a deterioration of the situation in Libya … France, Germany and Italy call on… Read More France, Germany and Italy urge cease of fighting in Libya
At least 10 local aid workers have been kidnapped in southwest Niger near the border with Burkina Faso, security sources and an official from APIS, the non-governmental organisation for which they worked, said on Thursday. It was not clear who had carried out the kidnapping, which took place as the aid workers distributed food in… Read More Ten aid workers kidnapped in southwest Niger
Somali security forces have killed a commander of the al Shabaab militant group in a military operation, state radio reported on Thursday. Ahsraf Azmi Abu Hamdan, who was from Nepal, was a senior trainer in the Islamist group. He was killed in an operation in the Middle Juba region in southern Somalia, state radio said.… Read More Somali forces kill commander of militant group al Shabaab
Abiola Ajimobi, a former Nigerian senator who finished his second term as Oyo State governor last year, has died. He was aged 70. Mr Ajimobi died on Thursday at a private hospital in Lagos after spending weeks in intensive care for coronavirus complications. Mr Ajimobi’s passing came a week after he was rumoured to have… Read More Former Nigerian lawmaker Senator Abiola Ajimobi dies at 70
Lawmakers in Gabon’s lower house of parliament voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same sex. In the vote late on Tuesday, 48 members of parliament backed the proposed initiative by the government to revise an article… Read More Gabon lawmakers vote to reverse criminalisation of homosexuality
Three white men arrested last month in the slaying of a Black man who was gunned down as he jogged through a suburban neighborhood in Georgia four months ago were indicted on Wednesday on murder and other charges. Video footage showing the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, in the coastal southern Georgia town of Brunswick,… Read More Three white men indicted with murder of black man in Georgia
