LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, one of the main leaders of Afghanistan’s anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, has pledged to hold out against the Taliban from his stronghold in the Panjshir valley. In a Washington Post editorial, Ahmad Massoud, the 32-year-old son of the former mujahideen commander, said members…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rev. Jesse Jackson, and his wife, Jacqueline, remained under doctors’ observation Sunday at a Chicago hospital and were “responding positively to treatments” for COVID-19, their son told The Associated Press. The couple, married for nearly six decades, were admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital a day earlier. Physicians were “carefully monitoring their…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 50,000 residents of 17 communities in Sabon Birni Local Government Area have relocated to Niger Republic over incessant bandits’ attacks. This was disclosed by the member representing Sabon Birni North constituency in the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Almustapha Boza. Boza said the villagers are currently taking refuge at Tudun…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Afghan woman was reportedly set on fire by Taliban fighters because they weren’t satisfied with a meal she prepared, according to The Telegraph. A former judge, Najla Ayoubi, told Sky News that she had received multiple reports of violence against women by the insurgent group, The Telegraph reported. This particular incident,…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Footage of armed Taliban fighters marching in the city of Qalat was uploaded to social media on Thursday. Dressed in white head-to-toe uniforms and flak jackets, the Islamist militants carried firearms as they marched in a straight line through the city centre. Reuters was able to verify the videos by geo-locating monuments…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protests against the Taliban have now spread to more Afghan cities, and several more people have been killed at the rallies according to witnesses, by either the militants firing their weapons or the panic and stampedes caused by it. This video was filmed by Reuters near one of the protests in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll in an attack on civilians and military personnel in northern Burkina Faso has climbed to at least 80. That’s according to the country’s regional Sahel government on Thursday. The attack happened on Wednesday, when Islamist militants raided a convoy being escorted by military police. Security forces said at least…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ugandan government said on Friday it had ordered more than 50 non-governmental organisations to suspend operations, a major escalation of its efforts to tighten control over civil society. The 54 groups affected include the country’s most prominent rights organisation, Chapter Four, as well as charities, religious, environmental and electoral democracy groups….