Tag Archives: Agence France-Presse
A Zambian activist has been arrested after arguing for gay rights to be respected as human rights, in a live TV appearance. Paul Kasonkomona was taken into custody by police who were waiting outside the studios of privately owned Muvi … read more »
Posted in News, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, IndepthAfrica, Kasonkomona, LGBT rights by country or territory, Michael Sata, South Africa, Television, television station, Zambia
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(AFP) KANO, Nigeria — Twenty-five people were killed in eastern Nigeria when attackers blasted a jail, a police station and a bank with bombs, machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades, police said Saturday. “We have 25 dead from yesterday’s attacks in Ganye, … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Adamawa State, Agence France-Presse, Boko Haram, Chief of police, Ganye, Kano, Nigeria, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Police station, Prison
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HARARE — Zimbabwe police detained three senior aides to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Sunday in the wake of a key referendum, the premier’s office said. They “were arrested in Harare this morning,” a source in Tsvangirai’s office told AFP, adding … read more »
(AFP) KINSHASA — Rival factions of Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel movement on Saturday clashed again in the country’s volatile east after a week of calm, one of the sides said. Fighting within M23 ranks first broke out in … read more »
By Palash R. Ghosh | IBTimes As the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican prepares to elect a new Pope under much media scrutiny and fanfare, one of the oldest Christian churches has already chosen its own new leader under … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Abune Paulos, Agence France-Presse, Catholic Near East Welfare Association, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Orthodox, World Heritage Site
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AFP – A major explosion was heard late Saturday from the northern Malian city of Gao, which French-led forces recently recaptured from the Islamists, an AFP correspondent reported. The blast went off at around 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) and a … read more »
By RFI Villagers in north Mali arrested two young men with explosives strapped to their bodies on Saturday, witnesses report. On Friday a man blew himself up in the main city of Gao, the first suicide attack of the conflict … read more »
A nine-year-old girl in Mexico gave birth last month and authorities are searching for the father, who’s believed to be 17, AFP reports. The girl, known as Dafne, delivered by C-section on Jan. 27 a baby girl who weighed 5.7 … read more »
By Paula Froelich After years of trying to understand how Zimbabwe works, we finally have the answer: it’s a diamond heist. And just like any good heist movie, there is a lot of misdirection. Just yesterday the government announced it … read more »
They hid in false ceilings and beneath beds. They blocked doors with furniture. They waited as hours turned into terrifying days, echoing with the sounds of gunfire and mortars. They were unarmed, unable to defend themselves. Many were captured. Some … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, North Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Al-Qaeda, Alan Wright, Algeria, IndepthAfrica, ITV News, Military of Algeria, New York Times
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“There was an unfortunate incident today. The Emir’s convoy was attacked by unknown gunmen as he was returning from Koranic graduation ceremony in Kano city. Three people in his convoy were killed but the Emir is unhurt,” Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Ado Bayero, Agence France-Presse, Emir, Kano, Kano Emirate, Kano State, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria newspapers, Nigerian news
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Police investigators at the residence of the ambassador of Niger, in Ukkel-Uccle, Brussels. Picture: Nicolas Maeterlick Source: AFP Issaka Djibo, 61, and his wife, Fatouma, 50, were found dead in their bedroom by their daughter. NIGER’S ambassador to Belgium and … read more »
Posted in Niger, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Ambassador, Belga, Belgium, Brussels, Carbon monoxide poisoning, diplomatic mission, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, Niger
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Addis Ababa – An Ethiopian court handed down heavy jail terms to 10 people convicted of having links to al-Qaeda, a judge said on Tuesday. The sentences ranged from three years to 20 years, and several of the convicted also … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Agence France-Presse, Al-Qaeda, Anti-terrorism legislation, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, life imprisonment, news ethiopia indepthafrica, news ethiopian, Prison
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Following the passage of the 2013 Appropriation Bill last December, a public commentator, Mr. Igboka Uwadiegwu, wrote: “Nigeria’s national budget is 5 trillion Naira? Nigeria is not a poor country then, Nigeria is a miserable country. Five trillion Naira would … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Cape Verde, December, Equatorial Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Petroleum industry, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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NAIROBI — “There are 10 dead and two critically wounded, with gunshot wounds, machete cuts and burns,” local Red Cross official Caleb Kilunde told AFP. The attack came a day after nine were killed in a raid. Violence in the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, IndepthAfrica, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, kenyan news, Nduru, Orma, Orma people, Pokomo people, Tana River
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An explosion and fire hit a barge at Nigeria’s main seaport in Lagos, shaking buildings in the area and wounding at least four people, officials said. The explosion occurred on Wednesday on a barge seeking to discharge fuel into a … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Cairo, explosion, Indepth Africa Magazine, Lagos, Lagos port explosion, Lagos seaport, National Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Oil depot
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TWO youths have died and several people wounded during a grenade attack at a refugee camp in eastern Kenya, reports say. An Agence France-Presse journalist was able to view two bodies while the Red Cross said on its Twitter account … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Dadaab, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, kenya news, kenyan news, Refugee, Refugee camp, Somalia, Twitter
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Witnesses said fireworks were stored in the warehouse in the busy market area of Lagos Island, and the blaze quickly spread to other buildings. The blast reportedly shook windows of homes several miles away and a thick cloud of smoke … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, bbc, explosion, Firecracker, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos Island, lagos news, Nigeria
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Khartoum – Three peacekeepers shot dead by one of their comrades in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region were all Ethiopian, a source familiar with the incident told AFP on Saturday. The shooter, who subsequently killed himself, was also from the East … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged African Union, African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Agence France-Presse, Darfur, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Sudan, UNAMID, West Darfur
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Kukwama katika Athens ndogo gorofa siku zote ili kuepuka kuwa hawakupata na polisi, na kupata mwingine hisabu katika gereza na uwezekano wa kumpiga, 29-year-old Cameroon Eugene Manaa rues siku alikuja Ugiriki. “Maisha ni magumu si tu hapa. Ni vigumu, “anasema … read more »
A cargo plan that crashed at Brazzaville airport killing at least 27 people belonged to the Armenian freight specialist airline Rij Airways, the foreign ministry in Yerevan said Saturday. The plane, carrying seven crew members, crashed as it tried to … read more »
At least one explosion ripped through a church in a military barracks in northern Nigeria on Sunday, the army said, with reports that a number of people had been wounded. “There was a blast today in a church inside the … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Barracks, Boko Haram, Christian, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria, Nigerian news
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Dozens of people were trapped and at least three people died when a multi-story shopping mall in the capital of Ghana collapsed shortly before opening Wednesday, according to Ghanaian authorities. About 23 people had been … read more »
ADDIS ABABA — Twenty-nine Ethiopian Muslims were charged Monday with plotting acts of “terrorism”, the majority arrested after protests accusing the government of interference in religious affairs. According to court documents, the group is accused of “intending to advance a … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, AFP, Agence France-Presse, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Islam, July, Monday, Muslim
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Several people were wounded in the Guinean capital Conakry Friday when police clashed with youth taking part in a funeral procession for two opposition supporters, sources said. The funeral took place three years to the day after a massacre by … read more »
NAIROBI — Tribesmen launched new attacks early Tuesday in Kenya’s southeastern Tana River area, torching houses and killing at least three police officers, police sources said. “Three people have been killed and six others have been wounded seriously,” a senior … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Hottest News, Kenya, News
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Al-Qaeda, IndepthAfrica, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, Mombasa, Monday, Police officer, Tana River
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Malawi’s Deputy Prime Minister Khumbo Kachali leaves on September 1, 2012 the prime minister’s palace in Addis Ababa after paying his respects to Ethiopia’s longtime Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died on August 20, ahead of the September 2 state … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Malawi, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Agence France-Presse, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Malawi, Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, State funeral
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State governors from Nigeria’s north, which is grappling with a violent Islamist insurgency, formed a body aimed at holding “dialogue” with groups fuelling the crisis. The statement announcing the new committee did not mention Boko Haram, the radical Islamist group … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Agence France-Presse, bokoharam, Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Muslim, Nigeria, reuters africa news, United States
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A deadline is approaching for striking workers at the South African mine where police shot dead 34 miners on Thursday to go back to work or face dismissal. A statement from mine owner Lonmin said 3,000 workers were striking illegally … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Agence France-Presse, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Johannesburg, Lonmin, reuters africa news, Simon Scott, South Africa, Strike action, Sunday
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Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, IndepthAfrica, Madagascar, Maputo, Mozambique, SADC, Southern Africa, Southern African Development Community, Zimbabwe
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