Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gunmen-kill-journalist-restive-northwest-cameroon-says-union-2023-05-08/ in northwest Cameroon assailants entered a bar and shot a journalist dead. This is according to the local journalist union the 3rd killing of a journalist this year. This comes after the killing of 2 journalists near the capital of Yaounde which has led the UN to express concern over the media’s safety in cameroon. The Cameroon Association… Read more »
Link: https://apnews.com/article/burkina-faso-jihadis-islamic-extremism-soldiers-killed-b442bd7519afcf99280a6be2effac642 an islamic extremist group in Burkina Faso launched an attack against the military killing 33 soldiers and wounding others. The military retaliated and according to Burkina Faso’s general killed around 40 militants. These extremists groups that have been linked to al-qaeda and the islamics state groups have been waging war in burkina faso for but 7 years now… Read more »
Link: https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-presidential-election-court-tinubu-obi-abubakar-ad2ff123f2770948182febf5b2fe9280 The court of Nigeria has begun to hear the suits filed by two different candidates and their lawyers over the Nigerian presidential election which they would like overturned. The courts have had security forces block many journalists and reporters from entering while also trying to keep the peace with protestors protesting the government that they see as corrupt… Read more »
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230430-south-africa-unclear-on-its-future-status-as-a-member-of-the-icc South Africa has offered many conflicting comments on whether or not they will remain in the ICC. The African National Congress announced that it would begin the process of removing South Africa from the ICC, before South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that this was not the case. It would seem that there was a miscommunication in which the… Read more »
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230417-rwanda-promises-military-assistance-to-benin-to-combat-sahel-jihadist-threat Benin was promised military support, by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, due to increasing islamic rebel group led attacks along Benin’s northern border. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has already, in 2022, dispatched the Rwandan military to help quell similar instances of general unrest in Mozambique and the Central African Republic. Many nations along the Western African Coast, the most applicable… Read more »
