Sky News reports that gunmen forced a group of 16 British students and staff from their vehicle during a roadside ambush during an expedition in Tanzania. Money, cameras and mobile phones were stolen as the robbers rifled through their belongings during the hold-up in the Tabora region. The group of 14 students, aged 15 to 18, and two staff from private Cranbrook School in Kent, were “shaken” but uninjured following the robbery. Read article
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News24.com reports that Tjostolv Moland, one of two Norwegian citizens imprisoned in Congo since 2009 on murder charges, has died in prison, his lawyer and government officials said Sunday. The cause of death wasn’t immediately clear. British-Norwegian citizen Joshua French, who was imprisoned alongside Moland in 2009, is upset, but in good health, attorney Hans […]
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Al Jazeera reports that international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has announced it will pull out of Somalia saying the threat of deadly violence had become intolerable. The withdrawal of MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, is a blow to the government’s effort to persuade Somalis and foreign donors that security is improving and a […]
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According to allafrica.com, a Himba woman nearly beat up a tourist for photographing her without her consent on Tuesday. The woman, Uatanaua Nduri, saw a female tourist taking a picture of her, and afterwards asked for payment or for the tourist to delete the picture but a communication breakdown between the two led to a […]
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As reported by Standardmedia.co.ke, three Spanish tourists died on Friday after a van they were travelling in collided with a truck at Ngokomi on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. One of the tourists, a man, died on the spot while two others, both women, succumbed to their injuries at Sultan Hamud Sub District Hospital where they had […]
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As reported by Thisdaylive.com, one Nigerian was killed while four Thai nationals were yesterday abducted in Buguma, headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State when gunmen attacked the Israeli-run Buguma Mega Fish Farm located in the town. Also yesterday, the Rivers Peoples’ Forum restated its call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of […]
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Reuters.com reported that, at least six homeless people sleeping under a bridge in the heart of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown were crushed to death early on Friday when the bridge collapsed in a landslide caused by heavy rain, the country’s police inspector general said. The Jimmy Bridge, heavily used by both vehicles and pedestrians, collapsed […]
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As reported by Usatoday.com, eighteen of 19 of U.S. embassies and consulates across the Middle East, Asia and Africa closed recently will reopen on Sunday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced in a statement released Friday evening. The U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, will remain closed, Psaki added added, because of continuing concerns about a […]
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RFI reports that an Ethiopian military cargo plane crashed at Mogadishu International Airport in Somalia on Friday, sending plumes of dark smoke into the air and killing four. Somalia’s government has decided to temporarily close the airport until further notice. “Because of the disaster that happened today, we have halted all flights coming and going […]
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As reported by En.apocalisselaica.net, unknowns assailants attacked in Zanzibar two young British tourists throwing acid on their face: it was announced by a police spokesman archipelago African Mkadam Khamis, according to which ‘being a “manhunt” to capture the attackers . Khamis has “sought the assistance of the public to identify them.” Read article
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