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Officials in Somalia say 10 people have died during a shoot-out inside the capital Mogadishu’s main prison. A spokesman for the information ministry said six inmates who were members of the jihadist group al-Shabab were killed and four security personnel also died. There are reports that one of the prisoners managed to get a pistol off a prison warden and ...

The US has warned that Islamist militants are getting more aggressive in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado with support from the Islamic State. The militants, known locally as al-Shabab – although it has no known links to the Somali jihadi group of the same name, have been attacking remote villages across the province over the past two years. Head ...

Social development experts in Osun State, Nigeria have declared that gender-based violence (GBV) is as deadly as the Coronavirus pandemic. The experts said this in Osogbo, the state capital, in their separate presentations at a post COVID-19 community development intervention training organized by the Osun Agency for Community and Social Development Project (Osun-CSDP). Participants at the training included community development desk officers from ministries, ...

Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID-19, the World Health Organization’s head said on Monday, as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection. “WHO recommends that mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 should be encouraged the same as all other mothers to initiate or continue breastfeeding,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference. As the world marks breastfeeding awareness ...

Dr. Bakare, General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church and former running mate to the current President of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammad Buhari, has been selected to Chair the inaugural Advisory Board of the Africa office of The Royal Commonwealth Society, the oldest major Commonwealth organisation which has Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as its Head and Patron. In ...

The number of murders and sexual offences have both increased in South Africa according to the latest set of statistics released by the authorities. In the 2019 to 2020 period there were 21,325 murders in the country – amounting to more than two murders an hour. That’s a 1.4% increase on the previous 12 months’ figures. Sexual offences rose by ...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said the security forces could do much better in their efforts to keep the country safe. In a rare interview, Mr Buhari described the situation in northern and central regions as “very, very disturbing”. “I believe the military, the police and other law enforcement agencies, from the reports I am getting, I think they could ...

Maiduguri was hit yet another time by terror on Thursday night. Jihadi terrorists attacked the town of Maiduguri in the North East of Nigeria, as locals were preparing celebrations of the Muslim festival Eid al-Aldha. According to emergency services, 3 rockets were shot from the city’s outskirts, leaving 4 dead and 3 wounded. So far the attack has not been ...

The European Union is set to exclude Algeria from its safe list of countries from which the bloc allows non-essential travel after a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday. The list of countries will fall to 11, assuming the provisional decision is confirmed in writing by EU members, two EU diplomats familiar with the discussions said. The deadline for submissions ...

The chairman of the Senate committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume has told the Federal Government to stop rehabilitating Boko Haram terrorists. 601 repententant Boko Haram terrorists were rehabilitated into society after they graduated from the Deradicalization, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration program organized by the Army. Speaking to BBC Hausa, Ndume who represents Borno South Senatorial District kicked against the rehabilitation. ...