LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Judges at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that Uganda must pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo’s resource-rich Ituri province. Uganda must pay the sum in five yearly instalments of $65 million to start in September of this…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African leaders have complained about a “wave” of coups, after five military takeovers in the past year. The number of coups in Africa had been falling, with the spread of elections and peaceful transfers of power. Two of the countries where the army has seized power recently – Burkina Faso and Mali…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The surprise arrest of DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s special security advisor while the head of state was abroad has sparked protests and fears of instability within the government. Francois Beya, who had been considered a key figure in the conflict-wracked central African country, was arrested by the intelligence service on Saturday….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of the Republic of Benin has extended the detention of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho by six months. Counsel for the detained activist, Chief Yomi Aliyyu, said this in a chat with The PUNCH on Sunday night. This is contrary to what a lawyer, Pelumi…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Workers retrieved the body of a young boy who was trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco, a devastating end to a painstaking operation that gripped the nation. The royal palace said in a statement carried by state media on Saturday that the boy had died before rescuers could…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of anti-French protesters took to the streets of Mali’s capital on Friday waving Russian flags and burning cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel Macron in celebration of the expulsion of France’s envoy in Bamako. Mali expelled the French ambassador last week over what the country’s transitional government described as “hostile and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of Islamic State killed himself and four members of his family during a high-stakes nighttime raid by U.S. special operations forces in northwest Syria early Thursday, U.S. officials said. The mission, which White House officials said was a success, eliminated a top terrorist leader in the Middle East, a man…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 25 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died after a high-tension power cable snapped and fell on houses and a market in the outskirts of the capital Kinshasa. “A high-voltage electric cable fell on several houses in the Matadi-Kibala district and in the market, several people died on…