At least two school children died and 20 others sustained injuries in an explosion, on Sunday, in restive Northern Cameroon, according to witnesses and local police. The blast occurred in Nkambe, a town in the region, as schoolchildren were participating in activities to mark National Youth Day. The country has been celebrating National Youth Day […]
Tunisia has arrested 19 people for alleged links to an extremist religious cell, the Tunisian National Guard said in a statement on Friday. The statement, posted on the National Guard’s Facebook page, said the 19 people, were wanted by security and judicial agencies. They had been sentenced to one to 10 years in prison on […]
UNICEF said, on Friday that 700,000 children in Sudan were likely to suffer from the worst form of malnutrition this year, with tens of thousands who could die. A 10-month war in Sudan between its armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has devastated the country’s infrastructure. This has prompted warnings of famine and […]
At least two persons died in a fire accident at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Cameroon’s Far North Region, officials and local police said on Friday. The fire, which broke out in a tent, on Thursday night, gutted other shelters in the Ndaba locality that hosts the IDPs. Two children, trapped in […]
The Israeli military has killed four people and injured more after bombing a kindergarten hosting displaced Palestinians in the town of Az-Zawayda near Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports. The deceased and the injured were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah. We will bring you more information on […]
Oil prices rose for a third day on Wednesday after U.S. crude inventories grew less than expected and a cut in the forecast for output growth in the U.S., the world’s biggest producer, eased concerns about potential oversupply. Brent crude futures rose 56 cents to $79.15 a barrel as of 1159 GMT, while U.S. West […]
Authorities charged Kenyan cult leader, Paul Mackenzie and 29 associates, on Tuesday, with the murder of 191 children whose bodies were found among more than double that number buried in a forest. The defendants all denied the charges brought before a court in the coastal town of Malindi. One suspect was found mentally unfit to […]
Japan’s Toyota Motor raised its full-year operating profit forecast by nearly nine per cent, on Tuesday, after its third-quarter earnings raced past analysts’ estimates. This is thanks to a weaker yen and strong sales of high-margin cars and hybrid vehicles. Toyota shares surged after the announcement of early losses and closed 4.8% higher – the […]
Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday, delivered a surprise apology to the families of victims of online child sex abuse in the middle of a heated Senate hearing on Capitol Hill. In a stunning move, Zuckerberg stood up from his chair and turned to face the back of the room. In the room, parents held up pictures […]
The European Union is facing a dilemma over its remaining presence in Mali and the wider West African Sahel region since it does not want to cooperate with Russia’s expanding military forces, its top diplomat said on Wednesday. The decision by junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to withdraw from the West African bloc ECOWAS has […]