Dohwa Jina Kim, Correspondent (Africa) KIGALI — A new proposal in Rwanda aims to create an AIDS free generation by non-surgically circumcising 7,00,000 adult men between ages 15 to 49 by the year 2016. Two lakh ten thousand men (2.9%) in Rwanda are recorded to be living with HIV in the country, which is relatively low for an African country. The non-surgical circumcision procedure involves Prepex, a plastic device comprising two rings and an elastic […]
Ferhiyo Ismail Ali Correspondent (Africa) MOGADISHU — Somalia, located in the Horn of Africa was an exquisite, democratic, cosmopolitan country with an increasingly hardworking population. It was known as Africa’s greatest success in regards to its natural resources, colonial legacy; as well as its triumph in upholding core values such as: equality, wealth, moral cohesion and solidarity. Somalia had the potential to achieve and establish a substantial amount with its oil reserves – to […]
Sadichchha Pokharel, Correspondent (Africa) BANGUI– Rebels started retreating from the Central African Republic as the country awaits international intervention to put an end to the on-going violence in the country. The Seleka rebels’ withdrawal comes as the crisis in the country attracts international attention and efforts to tighten security in CAR. A United Nations Security Council vote is expected this week on former coloniser France’s announcement to deploy 1000 troops in CAR to put an […]
Randi Karangizi, Correspondent (Africa) Yesterday a suicide bomber attempted to enter the Riadh Palm Hotel in Sousse, Tunisia; upon denial of entry to the Hotel he made his way to the beach where a bomb detonated killing him instantly. He has been the only reported death at the scene, with no reported causalities. This is a rare occurrence in Tunisia with the only previous suicide bombing record in 2002 on the island of […]
Hanane Ferdjani, Correspondent (Africa) NIAMEY – Two days after the Niger hostages’ liberation from the Islamist group AQIM (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb), the French government still stands its ground. “No public funds were involved in the liberation of the hostages on the French side”, reiterated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius. The public announcement contradicts a now infamous article by the French daily paper Le Monde, which claimed that the French government would […]
Dohwa Jina Kim, Correspondent (Africa) KAMPALA — Fear grips the hearts of the Ugandan people as threats of another terrorist attack emerge. These threats are spearheaded by the Al Shabaab group, who are responsible for the 67 recorded deaths in the Kenyan Westgate Mall massacre. Having claimed its name in 2006, the Al Shabaab group is often contrasted against extremist group al-Qaeda. While both have similar violent, Islamic-extremist ideologies, Al Shabaab is different in […]
Dohwa Jina Kim, Correspondent (Africa) TUNIS — Security forces gunned down Islamist militants near the Algerian border earlier this month on October 10, 2013, after these militants began to attack the patrolling police in the remote northern regions of Tunisia. These militants have been identified as members of Ansar al-Sharia known as the most radical Islamist group in Tunisia. This group is infamous for replacing its autocratic leader, Zine al-Abidine, in the 2011 uprising, which […]
Mati Maravanyika, Correspondent (Africa) KIDAL — Separatist rebels and the Malian army have been battling in the northern town of Kidal following the former’s announcement that it was no longer in agreement with the peace accord signed with the government. Both, the Mali government and the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, claim the other attacked first, triggering heavy gunfire. The last time the army and Tuareg rebels fought openly “in a […]
Aladekemi Omonigbehin, Correspondent (Africa) LIBYA — Unidentified gunmen killed at least 15 Libyan soldiers and wounded five others in a post military attack at the southeast of the capital, Tripoli, on Saturday morning, officials said. The attackers are said to have laid ambush at the Wishtata area, some 60 kilometres (37 miles) from the entrance to Bani Walid and the town of Tarhouna. The troops rode in vehicles mounted with machines guns. Immediately, the […]
Mati Maravanyika, Editor (Africa) LAGOS — Sixteen people were reportedly killed after a plane crashed carrying 20 passengers during takeoff from Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. Nigeria’s aviation minister, Prindess Stella Oduah issued a statement on her Facebook page saying the survivors were “promptly transported to the hospital and are receiving proper medical care.” The incident occurred at 9:32 am “when an Embraer 120 operated by Associated Airlines on a private charter flight to […]
