The order to kill the Nigerian Taliban leader, Mohammed Yusuf, came from the Presidency, according to the African blogger Chidi Opara reports (www.chidioparareports.blogspot.com) in touch with “well place security contacts in Abuja”.
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Nigeria: Mohammed Yusuf dies after arrest
The leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, died after being arrested by the Nigerian police. According to the BBC, “a Nigerian government minister expressed relief at the death of an Islam sect leader whose capture police announced on Thrusday”. Although Dora Akunnyili, the Information minister, “told the BBC the government “does […]
Burundi: MSD political party presentation
The MSD (Movement for Solidarity and Democracy) of former journalist turned politician Alexis Sinduhije has been presented yesterday in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. Here we republish some photos as they appeared on the Facebook page of the Movement. Alexis Sinduhije has been earlier this year because of his political activity. about the imprisonment of […]
Nigeria: Religious Crisis Spreads To Borno, Yobe, Kano
Here it is the report by the nigerian online daily independentngonline.com, by Sukuji Bakoji (Kaduna), Chesa Chesa (Abuja), Augustine Madu-West (Kano), Abdulkareem Haruna (Maiduguri), Godwin Egbara (Bauchi) Dele Moses (Ilorin) and Mohammed Abubakar (Damaturu). The North is on the boil from the grip of Islamic hardliners on rampage in Bauchi, Maiduguri, Potiskum, and Kano – […]
Nigeria: Islamists militants attack the North
“Over 100 dead bodies have been deposited at the premises of the police headquarters and more are still being brought in,” Ibrahim Bala, a local radio journalist, told AFP.
Nigeria: Italian online media reports of violences
The news of the violences in Nigeria has been reported by many Italian websites. Suspected militants have been arrested by the police while the curfew has been imposed in some cities in the north of Nigeria after two days of violences. Hundreds of people have been killed by a group of islamist militants protesting against […]
Nigeria: Soyinka sides with MEND
Professor Wole Soyinka, one of African most celebrated intellects, yesterday, sided with MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta). “Nigerian militants waging war on its government’s policies in the Niger Delta received celebrity backing Friday from a Nobel prize-winning playwright and author,” reported (AFP).
Rwanda: fire in Volcanoes but gorillas are safe
The wildfire which started at the weekend was said to have been accidentally sparked by a honey farmer, who smoked his honey hive and could not properly put out the fire. By the following 48 hours, the fire, which started at the foot of the Muhabura volcano, had burnt between 100 and 200 hectares (247 […]
Gambia: where is journalist Ebrima?
We just saw it and we publish here this appeal to the government of Gambia about Gambian journalist Ebrima B. Manneh. Journalist Ebrima B. Manneh has been detained in Gambia without trial. “We are calling for his immediate release”, said the UK branch of Amnesty International.
Mauritania: high turnout at presidential elections
Mauritania is voting today to elect its president after last year’s coup. Accordingly to many online reports, the turnout of voters is high. “A former military general who ousted this Islamic nation’s first freely elected president – Associated Press reports – is vying to become its legitimate ruler in elections Saturday to return power to […]