Clashes break out against a planned US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya. BBC News
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Shell pumped oil through Nigeria pipeline for years despite pollution evidence, documents show
The oil giant says the documents ignore the critical context of the complex operating environment at the time. BBC News
Read More »South Africa police investigate killing of two Mozambican men
South African protesters have accused undocumented migrants of placing pressure on public services, as well as being involved in crime, and have called on the government to strengthen immigration enforcement, resulting in rising anti-foreigner sentiment. BBC News
Read More »Ghana's anti-LGBTQ+ bill to be scrutinised before approval, president says
Passed by MPs, the bill proposes prison sentences for people identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. BBC News
Read More »Two people shot dead amid Kenya protests against US Ebola quarantine centre plan
The US plan has sparked public anger and led to demonstrations near the site of the proposed treatment facility. BBC News
Read More »Farida Khalil: Meet modern pentathlon’s 14-year-old world champion
Farida Khalil is not your average teenager. Last year, aged just 14, the Egyptian won every major world title in modern pentathlon – from three youth grades to the women’s senior championship – in the same season. The sport’s world governing body, UIPM, described it as “unprecedented” and quickly dubbed …
Read More »Three Ebola vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fears
IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines. BBC News
Read More »Nigeria police warn against reprisal attacks against South Africans
Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests. BBC News
Read More »DR Congo celebrates recovery of five nurses
“It pains me to see health workers who have already died because of Ebola while serving others… this is the risk which comes with the profession, but your commitment and coming back again to serve means a lot,” Tedros told the four nurses, three men and one woman, at Sunday’s …
Read More »Nigerian retired general abducted with his wife in the north-west
Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar’s kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country. BBC News
Read More »South Africa made to look like fools after World Cup visa issues, says minister
According to media reports, the team’s departure for Mexico on Sunday has been delayed due to an “administrative bungle”. BBC News
Read More »Ethiopia is heading to the polls, but not everyone can vote
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party is expected to dominate the election as conflicts overshadow the vote. BBC News
Read More »'Gifts' from a lover and 'botched' cocaine raids: Police inquiry grips South Africa
South Africa’s Madlanga Commission hears about Brazilian butt lift bribe denials and alleged drug heists. BBC News
Read More »Abula: The Nigerian indigenous game with Olympic ambitions
From its simple beginnings, Abula has been a regular event at Nigeria’s biennial National Sports Festival since 1998. It is also played at military camps and school sport events in parts of the country. Just 10 years after being invented it received patronage from the International Olympic Committee through the …
Read More »Eight students arrested in Kenya after suspected deadly school arson attack
Sixteen pupils died in the fire that ripped through a dormitory while they were asleep. BBC News
Read More »Kenya court suspends planned US quarantine facility in the country
But in its ruling, the court in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, specifically restrained government agencies and officials from “establishing, operationalising, facilitating, approving or permitting” any Ebola-related quarantine, isolation or treatment centre tied to arrangements with the US or any foreign government in Kenya. BBC News
Read More »Sixteen pupils killed in Kenya school fire, local police say
Search-and-rescue operations are ongoing, with the number of casualties yet to be confirmed. BBC News
Read More »Ebola-hit DR Congo faces 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, WHO warns
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fighting in DR Congo was hampering efforts to stop spread BBC News
Read More »First Ghanaians set to be repatriated from South Africa over anti-immigrant protests
“The Ghanaian government listened to the plight of its citizens in South Africa, who felt that their lives were in danger, who felt like the economic activity that they were engaging in had come to a standstill, who felt unwelcome in this country, and it is the responsibility of every …
Read More »Rights group accuses UAE of being transit point for Colombian mercenaries
According to HRW, the mercenaries were then trained in UAE military facilities in Ghiyathi and Al Wathba before covert deployment to war zones in Sudan where gross human rights violations such as mass extrajudicial killings, rape and gang rape, sexual slavery, looting and destruction of civilian infrastructure were allegedly committed. …
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