Link to article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00082008.html The head of Guinea’s military junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has come out and said that he has chosen to have a 39-month transitional period into the return of civilian rule. This announcement came after the April 2022 creation of what the regime is describing as an “inclusive consultation framework” has culminated in a conference that was… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/8/gunmen-kill-48-in-northwest-nigeria-attacks-local-official Gunmen on motorcycles wreaked havoc on three villages in Nigeria by opening fire and killing at least 48 people. This attack was coordinated and carried out by dozens of gumen who entered the villages on motorcycles, shooting people as they tried to flee the attack. The village hit the worst was Damri, where 32 of the… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/24/rwandas-kagame-in-uganda-on-rare-visit-as-ties-warm Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president arrived in Uganda for the first time in four years as the relationship between the two countries is starting to improve following longtime tensions. Kagame arrived in Kampala Uganda in order to meet with the president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni as well as attending Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Museveni’s son’s 48th birthday party. Kainerugaba… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/26/car-war-crimes-trial-postponed-for-second-time The first trial of a court established to prosecute war crimes in the Central African Republic’s conflict has been postponed for the second time. Paul Yakola, a lawyer for one of the defendants said “The lawyers for the defense and those for the civil parties have asked the court for a postponement because they feel that… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/nigeria-outlaws-ransom-payments-abduction-punishable-by-death The Nigerian Senate recently passed a bill amending the countries terrorism law that makes paying ransom in the case of a kidnapping illegal, and making Kidnapping that results in someone being killed punishable by death. chairman of the Senate’s human rights and legal committee, Opeyemi Bamidele, told the senate that this move would help “discourage the… Read more »