Refugee Resettlement Corruption: UNHCR Fires Five Staff
Agency Report Five UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) officers in Kenya were dismissed in recent years because they were involved in corruption, a spokeswoman confirmed on...
Category: Africa
SAJ Condemns Incarceration of Journalist, Jackson Wawa by Cameroonian Government
The Society of African Journalists, (SAJ) has condemned the arrest and incarceration of a Bamenda based journalist, Jackson Wawa Nfor by the Cameroonian government. Jackson...
Xenophobia: What Buhari’s Special Envoy Told South African Govt
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Envoy to South Africa expressed “concern at recent events in South Africa” during a meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa, the latter’s...
Ex-President Robert Mugabe Dies at 95
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had...
Xenophobic Attacks: Society of African Journalists Warns of Dire Consequence
By Uangbaoje Alex, Kaduna Following the persistent xenophobic attacks on other Africans by the South African citizens, the Society of African Journalists (SAJ), has warned...
Imprisonment of Cameroonian Journalists: SAJ Calls for International Intervention
The Society of African Journalists, SAJ has condemned illegal arrest, detention and subsequent jailing of Cameroonian journalist cum activists Mancho Bibixy Tsee on what appeared...
Female Teacher Gets 20-year Jail For Sleeping With 13-year-old Male Pupil
A teacher, Brittany Zamora, has been convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison for having sex with her underage pupil. Zamora, who has since...
How Gambia’s Ex-President Jammeh’ Raped Beauty Queen
A 23-year-old former beauty queen in The Gambia, Fatou “Toufah” Jallow, has said she was raped by ex-President Yahya Jammeh when he was in office....
Tenant Evicted After Impregnating Landlords Wife and Daughter
Kuntu Blankson owns block of flats at prampram (a coastal town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana), which he let out to tenants. Kuntu...
Kidnappings, Killings: Burkina Faso Prime Minister, Entire Cabinet Resigns
The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Paul Kaba Thieba, has resigned from office along with his entire cabinet. No reason was given for the move,...
