LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday. The custodian of a local mosque said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque Saturday evening and told others before informing police, according…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the beginning of the month, it looked like Guinea-Bissau was about to fall victim to what has been called West Africa’s coup epidemic, but some are now doubting the official version of events. Having seen more than a dozen coups or attempted coups since independence in 1974, and being used as…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five rangers and a soldier were killed and 10 others wounded in an ambush by unnamed militants in a northern Benin park on Tuesday, the park’s management said in a statement on Wednesday. “In the afternoon of Tuesday Feb. 8, a team of rangers was ambushed in W National Park in Benin,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body after a coup last month, legal sources said Thursday. They said the Constitutional Council on Wednesday determined that “Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel in the national armed forces, president of the Patriotic Movement for Preservation…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wild crocodile with a used motorcycle tire stuck around its neck for six years has finally been freed by an Indonesian bird catcher in a tireless effort that wildlife conservation officials hailed as a milestone Wednesday. The 4.5-meter (14.8-foot) saltwater female crocodile has become an icon to the people in Palu,…
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….
