A notorious wildlife smuggler who has been on the run for four years has been arrested in Guinea. Abdoul Salam Sadibe is accused of selling thousands of live animals, including endangered chimpanzee for more than 30 years. A non-governmental organization, ECO Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement (Eagle) first began…
According to BBC Tristen Voorspuy was killed by pastoral herders on Sunday in Laikipia while inspecting some of his lodges, a local police official told associated press. It follows a pattern of traditional herdsmen invading ranches in the area to seize pasture amid an ongoing drought. Mr. Voorspuy was the…
Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Haire, says 110 people have died from hunger in a single region in he past 48 hours amid a severe drought. The figure for the South-Western Bay region is the first official death toll announced during the crisis. The full impact of the drought on…
Rescue workers in Johannesburg are using heavy lifting equipment and sniffer dogs in the search for people believed to be trapped under rubble after a roof collapsed at a major hospital. The roof caved in at the reception area of the Charlotte Maxeke state hospital as construction work was under…
Liberian nurse Salome Karwah was one of those named as Time magazine’s person of the year in 2014 for her frontline work against Ebola. She died in Monrovia last week after giving birth to a son. Her husband told the BBC that nurses were unwilling to touch her for fear…
A health crisis is looming in Tanzania’s refugee camps following an increase of refugees arriving in the country, medical charity MSF has said. Some 290,000 refugees, over three-quarters of them from Burundi, are crammed into three overstretched camps – Nyarugusu, Mtendeli and Nduta – MSF says. Nduta camp which was…
The looting of shops and public violence flared up in Jeppestown again on Monday evening. Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets as they clashed with a group of hostel dwellers overnight. Police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said that a crowd of about 200 people from George Goch were planning…
Police have arrested 42 suspects since the recent spate of xenophobic attacks in Tshwane, Gauteng Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Deliwe de Lange said on Thursday. Of the 42 arrested, 27 were undocumented foreign nationals. One person was arrested for carrying an illegal firearm, while another 14 were arrested for…
Homes and Shops of Nigerians have been targeted and looted in Pretoria west in recent days. Buildings with Nigerian businesses have been burned in Johannesburg’s Rosettenville suburbs in the past few weeks. Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said his ministry had summoned the South African ambassador to discuss the matter.…
South Africa’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been ruled “unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court. South Africa notified the UN of its intention to leave last October, saying the ICC pursued “regime Change”. The court ruled in favour of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA),…