A 43-year-old man has been shot dead in Nigeria’s Bauchi state while testing a bullet-proof charm, according to police spokesman Ahmed Wakil. The traditional healer who fired the shot with a locally made gun has been arrested, along with two others, while additional suspects remain...
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said he rejects the forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula as the first aid convoy entered Gaza after two weeks of war. Speaking at a summit in Cairo, Mr Sisi said the only solution was an independent state for...
A leading Tunisian businessman and a former minister close to former dictator Ben Ali have been jailed in two separate investigations into suspected financial corruption, local media reported on Wednesday. Marouane Mabrouk, 51, former son-in-law of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (who died in...
A group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory. The World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as “catastrophic” in a joint...
Around twenty people, including women and children, were killed on Monday in a new attack on a village by English-speaking separatists in western Cameroon, where these rebels and the army have been fighting each other for seven years, the government said. The tragedy occurred during the...
