Category: Africa

Source: BBC  At least 16 civilians in Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara State have been killed in a military air strike, apparently after being mistaken for criminal

Source: BBC  More than 1,500 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Mozambique, taking advantage of ongoing political unrest triggered by disputed election results, police

Mozambique’s main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential elections.

Source: BBC Protests have broken out once again in Mozambique after the country’s highest court confirmed that the ruling party candidate, Daniel Chapo, won October’s

Source: BBC  Cyclone Chido has killed 94 people in Mozambique since it made landfall in the east African country last week, local authorities have said. The

Source: BBC  The Malaysian government says it has agreed in principle to resume the search for a passenger jet that vanished 10 years ago in

Source: BBC The embattled speaker of Liberia’s House of Representatives has been questioned by the police after a huge fire at the West African nation’s

A stampede at a religious event in Ibadan, the capital of Nigeria’s southwest Oyo state, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries, Governor Seyi Makinde said

Source: BBC West Africa’s regional organization, ECOWAS, has set an exit timeline for three nations affected by coups, following nearly a year of mediation efforts

Source: BBC  Three West African states ruled by military leaders have announced visa-free travel and residency rights for citizens in the 15-member regional bloc Ecowas, ahead