Flag-clad coffins holding the seven bodies headed towards the Festival square for burial

Cameroon buries 7 children lost to gun attack in Kumba

Politics Nov 06
Thursday morning saw a dark cloud of tragedy hang over the Regional Hospital of Kumba, Cameroon as many gathered to mourn seven students shot in cold blood by armed men at the College St Mother Francisca a week ago.
#EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Lekki shootings: #EndSARS protesters appear before Lagos panel, demand audience
Politics Nov 06
Three of the #EndSARS protesters on Friday appeared before the Lagos Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing the October 20 shootings by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos.
Lazarus Chakwera is the President of Malawi
Malawi to become the first African country in decades to open an embassy in Jerusalem
Politics Nov 05
Malawi says it will open an embassy in Jerusalem, the controversial capital of Israel, in the summer of 2021. This was made known by the country’s foreign minister, Eisenhower Mkaka, who is on a three-day trip to the Jewish state.
The Ethiopian government on November 4, 2020 began restricting telephone and internet services to Tigray
Ethiopia shuts down telephone, internet services in Tigray
Politics Nov 05
The Ethiopian government on Wednesday began restricting telephone and internet services to the troubled Tigray region, hours after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military response to an ambush on the military.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Tanzania's President Magufuli takes oath of office
Politics Nov 05
Tanzania's President John Magufuli swearing-in ceremony kicked off in Dodoma on Thursday.
Ethiopia Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopian tension ropes in neighbours concerned with another war
Politics Nov 05
Ethiopia will be chairing this month’s African Union Peace and Security Council, the continental body charged with maintaining tranquillity, even as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military response to Tigray after the region “crossed the last red line.”
Military operations in the region have commenced
Ethiopia nears war in Tigray as Abiy sends in troops
Politics Nov 04
Fighting and gunshots have been reported in Tigray after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive in the region in northern Ethiopia.