Over 8 people have already died in the protests in Togo including a 10 year old boy, and over 60 people have been detained. The people are protesting the presidents 50 year family ruling and the want for 2 five year term limits. The government has responded to this by using teargas and by threatening and beating people to get them to stop… Read more »
France 24 A plague outbreak in Madagascar has killed at least 74 people and 805 cases have been reported so far. The government has deployed resources to curb the disease, but many obstacles remain. As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar’s capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus… Read more »
France 24 At least four people were shot dead on Wednesday in clashes between protesters and security forces in Togo’s two largest cities after soldiers and police launched teargas to prevent the latest anti-government protest. Opposition parties had refused to cancel plans for demonstrations on Wednesday and Thursday, despite a government ban on weekday protests on security grounds. The government said three people were… Read more »
France 24 Four Moldovan nationals were killed and three French soldiers hurt on Saturday when a transport plane chartered by France’s army crashed off Ivory Coast, authorities said. There was a storm over Abidjan early in the day, but it was unclear whether heavy weather had played a role in the Antonov aircraft going down. A French military source said the plane was chartered… Read more »
France 24 The trial of more than 1,600 people suspected of ties with Boko Haram was expected to begin in Nigeria on Monday behind closed doors, in the biggest legal investigation into the eight-year militant Islamist insurgency. More than 20,000 people have been killed and two million forced from their homes in northeastern Nigeria during the insurgency, contributing to what the United Nations has… Read more »
In the English speaking region of Cameroon right now the people are protesting their rights, because they believe they are being discriminated upon by the French speaking region. The beginning of this issue started after World War 1 when these two regions gained their independence from Britain and France and then merged into Cameroon in 1961. The English speaking region is also protesting the 35 year rule… Read more »
France 24 More than 300 people have been killed in a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, the Red Cross said Monday, as state TV showed footage of relatives digging through mud in search of their loved ones. The death toll from massive flooding in the outskirts of Freetown has climbed to “at least 312”, Patrick Massaquoi, a… Read more »
France 24 Suspected Islamic extremists opened fire at a Turkish restaurant in the capital of Burkina Faso late Sunday, killing at least 18 people in the second such attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in the last two years. The assault by security forces ended at around 5:00am GMT and the district is secure, Communications Minister Rémi Dandjinou told… Read more »
France 24 A 10-year-old boy was killed and 10 others injured in Togo’s capital as hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters demonstrated Wednesday, the security minister said. The protesters were rallying against a vote by the West African nation’s parliament on a bill they fear will allow the president to run for more terms. Togo’s security minister Col. Damehame Yark… Read more »
France 24 Cameroon authorities on Friday banned all gatherings of more than four people, ordered bus stations, eateries and shops to shut and forbade movement between divisions of its English-speaking region for three days to prevent planned protests. Anglophone Cameroonians plan to demonstrate on October 1st, the day of their independence from Britain, over what they say is ill treatment… Read more »