Nigerian lawmakers on Tuesday issued a list of demands to the president, largely related to security, in the latest sign of strained relations between the executive and legislature months before the country goes to the polls. President Muhammadu Buhari won the election in 2015 mostly on his vow to improve […]
More than 50 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean on Sunday, the majority off the coasts of Tunisia and Turkey, while Italy marked a sea change in its policy. Tunisian authorities said 47 bodies were recovered off the country’s southern coast, close to the city of Sfax, while 68 people were […]
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif has, in a video gave explicit accounts of Iran’s agreement with the European Union and the United States regarding its defensive capabilities and regional influence. In that video, Javad Zarif mentioned that for the first 2 years of his time in office, he spent […]
Nigerians praise government and military efforts to fight violent extremism but report high levels of fear and personal experience of such violence, a recent Afrobarometer survey reveals. They see extremist groups as receiving support from a wide variety of sources in the government, military, and extremist organizations abroad, and they […]
Thousands of people have attended a memorial service in South Africa to commemorate the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The anti-apartheid campaigner and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, died on 2 April.
A woman arrested last month in Florida with drugs in her possession blamed the wind for the cocaine found in her purse. 26-year-old Kennecia Posey was stopped by Fort Pierce police on 21st March whilst trying to swerve with another passenger in a car. www.local10.com reports that an officer who […]
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has paid a visit to the wives of six Turkish teachers who on March 29 were abducted and flown to Turkey by Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) by collaborating with Kosovar groups in its intelligence units. Haradinaj reportedly expressed his regrets over the incident, […]
Kenyan opposition figure Miguna Miguna says he was beaten and drugged before being forcibly removed from the country for a second time. The deportation came hours after a court held top officials in contempt for failing to release him from the airport where he was being held. Kenyan officials have […]
A Nigerian lawmaker has been declared wanted by the police. The controversial Senator Dino Melaye described himself in part as a democratic evangelists and private investigator. He is wanted over a fake assassination case. According to police Melaye provided false information in relation to an attempt on his life in […]
There are over 80,000 ghost police officers in Nigeria, data from the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation has revealed. According to local media reports, the disclosure came after staff count and full integration of payrolls across the country’s 42 police commands and formations into a federal information structure. […]
