(AP) — Rebel fighters in Central African Republic seized the presidential palace when they overtook the capital in March, though when it came to setting up shop they set their sights a bit loftier: the city’s sole luxury hotel. With no advance reservation, rebels armed with rocket-propelled grenades... Read more
(AP) — Kenya’s Red Cross says two children buried in a landslide overnight have died, as the country’s death toll from heavy flooding rose to 41. The Red Cross said Wednesday that the landslide in Narok County happened after a heavy downpour that destroyed houses and farms. The two... Read more
(AP) — Outside a dilapidated two-story building, Abdi Ali says goodbye to his veiled girlfriend Anisa and they take two separate streets to avoid attention. Soon they’re aboard a minibus heading outside Mogadishu, pretending they don’t know each other. After more than two hours of travel, they arrive at... Read more
(AP) — The name of Zimbabwe’s last white leader, who ceded power to Robert Mugabe 33 years ago and who died six years ago, has at last been removed from the nation’s list of 5.7 million registered voters. The state Electoral Commission says Ian Smith, the former prime minister,... Read more
A day after northern Emirs called for amnesty to be granted to members of the extremist group, Boko Haram and hours after Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan approved the constitution of a committee to implement an amnesty for the group, a bomb went off just a few meters from the... Read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the constitution of a 26-member Presidential Committee to “constructively engage key members of Boko Haram and define a comprehensive and workable framework for resolving the crisis of insecurity in the country.” The committee is to come up with the following: 1. Develop a framework... Read more
Northern emirs demands amnesty for Nigerian extremist group
News April 17, 2013
Not long after he echoed the few calling for amnesty for members of the extremist sect, Boko Haram, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III has been joined by other Northern Emirs in calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to implement the proposed amnesty by releasing members of the... Read more
About N.8 billion was realized at the fund raising event for the hosting of the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Award, (AMAA) in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. This amount, which is expected to boost efforts of the organizers in ensuring a successful hosting of the annual award ceremony, is... Read more
Elephant handler trampled to death in South Africa
Africa April 17, 2013
(AP) — A handler at an elephant park in South Africa was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise, the park’s owner said Tuesday. The accident happened at around 7 a.m. Monday at the Elephant Sanctuary near Hartbeespoort Dam, west of Pretoria. About half an hour earlier... Read more
(AP) — Homemade bombs built from pressure cookers, a version of which was used in the Boston Marathon bombings, have been a frequent weapon of militants in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen once published an online manual on how to make one, urging “lone jihadis” to... Read more
