Tigray fighters vow to end Abiy’s ‘final offensive’
A rebel group from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Saturday claimed to have made major advances in a week of…
Two deaths shine spotlight on violence against women in Kenya
Cynthia Makokha was a 17-year-old student and volleyball player. Agnes Tirop was a 25-year-old rising athletics star, who finished fourth…
Traffic cop shown ‘Stop’ sign over R4.5m court claim for ‘pain, suffering
A Cape Town traffic cop wants R4.5m in damages from the city council for the “pain and suffering” he endured…
Gunmen attack OObaba’s car, kidnap five
The Kwara State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the kidnapping of five members of the palace of Owalobbo of Obo-Ayegunle, Oba…
Illicit dealings cost Zimbabwe $2bn annually
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has said the country is losing about $2 billion annually through illicit…
Kenya: Nairobi County Workers Stage Strike
About 11,000 City Hall employees on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, downed their tools over reported failure by their employer to…
Nigeria: Bandits attack Seminary in Kaduna, abduct 3 seminarians
A group of gunmen attacked Christ the King Major Seminary, Kaduna, northern Nigeria on Monday, injuring several seminarians and kidnapping…
More Americans are quitting their jobs. Here is how to do it
After years of working in corporate marketing jobs, Allie Fendrick and Kate Meehan of Minneapolis had already considered shaking up…
Fresh Fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar as Army Mounts ‘Offensive’
Fighting has resumed in northern Ethiopia’s Afar region after a month-long lull, humanitarian and rebel sources told AFP Wednesday, as…
In War-Torn Africa, Young Girls Are Very, Very Old
About three months ago, while visiting my birth country, Liberia, I walked into a local restaurant for a prearranged meeting…
