Twelve people were killed Wednesday evening after four suicide bombers struck in the regional capital of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, rescue workers told AFP. Two men and two women blew themselves up in the Muna neighbourhood at around 1700 GMT, the chief security officer of Borno State’s emergency response agency, Bello Dambatta, said. “The total people who died in these… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41995078 Zimbabwean military generals say they are seizing control to take power away from “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe. The crisis comes a week after Mr Mugabe sacked his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in favour of his wife, Grace. Army chief Gen Constantino Chiwenga warned on Monday that the military would step in and take action if such “purges” in the… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42003016 The president of Angola, Joao Lourenco, has fired the daughter of his predecessor as head of the country’s state oil company Sonangol. Isabel Dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of former President José Eduardo dos Santos, is Africa’s richest woman. Mr Dos Santos was Africa’s second longest-serving leader until he stepped down in September after 37 years. President Lourenco, known… Read more »
Source: Al Jazeera One evening in October, the three presidential candidates in Somaliland’s elections sat backstage in one of Hargeisa’s best hotels, listening to a briefing about the televised debate they were about to take part in. No talk of clan or personality, they were admonished, and no personal attacks. Instead, the candidates were to focus strictly on foreign policy,… Read more »
Source: BBC A 17-year-old girl in Nigeria has been murdered for body parts to be used in suspected rituals believed to bring wealth, police have told the BBC. Three people have been arrested, including a man who allegedly confessed to killing her and selling some body parts to a witch doctor for $25 (£18). He then threw the girl’s decapitated… Read more »
Source: BBC Zimbabwe’s military has placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest in the capital Harare, South African President Jacob Zuma says. Mr Mugabe told Mr Zuma in a phone call that he was fine, the South African leader’s office said. Troops are patrolling the capital, Harare, after they seized state TV and said they were targeting “criminals”. The move… Read more »
France 24 People in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Somaliland vote to elect their fifth president on Monday as the ruling party faces a strong challenge from opposition candidates. Officials began counting votes in the self-proclaimed state shortly after polls closed at 6pm local time (1500 GMT). More than 700,000 registered voters were expected to cast their votes at more than… Read more »
France 24 Zimbabwe’s military appeared to be in control of the country Wednesday as generals denied staging a coup but used state television to vow to target “criminals” close to President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe’s decades-long grip on power was dramatically weakened as military vehicles blocked roads outside the parliament in Harare and senior soldiers delivered a late-night television address to… Read more »
Al-Jazeera Seven people are killed and around 20 others injured in a grenade attack on a peace concert and reprisal violence in Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, in two consecutive days, government officials and city residents said. The attack comes as the UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on a French-drafted resolution to authorise an extra 900 troops to… Read more »
Al-Jazeera Zimbabwe’s military has seized state TV and blocked off access to government offices in the capital Harare. In a televised address early on Wednesday morning, military spokesperson, Major General SB Moyo, said the army was seeking to “pacify a degenerating, social, and economic situation” in the country. Moyo denied that the army was carrying out a coup against President Robert Mugabe‘s government… Read more »