By Al Jazeera In a milestone for Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari was elected president in April, becoming the first person to unseat a democratically elected Nigerian president through the ballot box. The 72-year-old made numerous election pledges – including plans to stop the armed group Boko Haram. Despite being Africa’s largest economy, the UN estimates that […]
By Al Jazeera Africa’s Ebola outbreak has not run its course and about 30 people are still getting infected each week, the United Nations’ special envoy for the deadly disease has said. Under normal circumstances, such an infection rate would be considered “a major, major outbreak,” David Nabarro said on Monday. “Probably about one third […]
By Al Jazeera Chadian police have said anyone wearing a full-face veil will be arrested, a day after a Boko Haram suicide bombing – carried out by an attacker disguised as a women wearing one – left 15 dead. Saturday’s attack at a market in the capital, N’Djamena, also injured 80 others and spread panic […]
By Al Jazeera Burundi’s army has captured scores of gunmen and killed others in two days of clashes in the north, a regional governor has said, as security worsened in the east African country. “About 100 gunmen are in the hands of the army forces,” Anselme Nsabimana, governor of Cibitoke province, which borders both Rwanda […]
By Al Jazeera As presidential elections experience a week-long delay, residents of some townships in the Burundian capital complain of increased surveillance and intimidation from government forces. Tensions have been rising because of protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza, who has decided to defy the constitution by running for a third term. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi […]
By Hamza Mohamed Mogadishu, Somalia – As the sun sets behind the blue waters of the Indian Ocean and the traffic disappears behind Mogadishu’s big gated houses, a group of young boys, all at or under the age of 13, jump out from a rusty, abandoned bus onto a dark, dusty sidewalk. They are in […]
By Al Jazeera A suicide bomber has struck outside a main crowded market in Chad’s capital, killing 17 people and injuring scores of others, a police spokesman told Al Jazeera. Authorities said the assailant was disguised as a woman wearing a full face veil when he detonated explosives as police tried to stop him in […]
By Al Jazeera The UN human rights chief has warned that an explosion of violence is close at hand in Burundi, sparked by the president’s decision to seek a third term and a crackdown by security forces and the youth wing of his ruling party responsible for dozens of recent killings. Zeid Raad al-Hussein told […]
By Al Jazeera The racist abuse suffered by one of the African riders at this year’s Tour de France would not deflect from its success in establishing Africa’s place in world cycling, the man who founded the first African team to race in the premier cycling competition, has said.MTN-Qhubeka team founder Douglas Ryder said on […]
By Al Jazeera Car bombings have struck two hotels in a central district of the Somali capital Mogadishu before gunmen entered one the hotels and started shooting, sources told Al Jazeera. “We believe they are al-Shabab fighters. So far we understand they killed four people inside the hotel,” said Nur Ali, a police officer, told […]
