November 06
Nigeria: NAPTIP Trains 500 Teachers On Human Trafficking
Premium Times
The agency's Director-General, Binta Bello, said this at the opening of a Training of Trainers Workshop for teachers in Colleges of Education in Benue, Delta and Enugu on Wednesday… Read more »
Ethiopia: Rights Group Urges Ethiopian Authorities to End 'Arbitrary' Mass Detentions in Amhara Region Amid Crackdown
Addis Standard
Amnesty International has called on Ethiopian authorities to end the widespread detention of civilians in the Amhara region, citing what it describes as "arbitrary mass arrests"… Read more »
South Africa: Murdered Cape Town Taxi Driver - Family Calls for Probe
GroundUp
Luvuyo Vimba died after a clash with police Read more »
Ethiopia: Somaliland Says Ready for Peaceful Elections, Calls for International Support Against Security Threats
Addis Standard
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somaliland has announced progress in preparing for the upcoming presidential and party elections scheduled to take… Read more »
Kenya: 'Ghost Students' Menace in Universities to Persist Over Legal Framework Loopholes
Capital FM
Taxpayers might continue losing billions to ghost students due to the lack of a legal framework compelling universities to share data on continuing students with relevant funding… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chillspot Producer DJ Ribhe Spiked 14-Year-Old's Drink, Raped Her Overnight - Court Told
New Zimbabwe
CHILLSPOT Records producer and promoter Tafadzwa Mandaza popularly known as DJ Ribhe has appeared in court charged with rape of a minor. Read more »
Sudan: A Call for Justice and Safety for Sudanese Journalists
Dabanga
The African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa is hosting a critical event today and tomorrow, November 6 and 7, commemorating the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes… Read more »
Sudan: Journalists Killed... We Will Not Forget, We Will Not Forgive, Justice Will Prevail
Dabanga
This week, the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosts the main event commemorating the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. This… Read more »
Liberia: Speaker Koffa Vows Legal Fight After Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Halt Parallel Sessions
Liberian Investigator
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa, has responded to a recent ruling by Associate Justice Yamie Gbeisay, which denied his petition for a writ of… Read more »
South Africa: An Investigation Is Underway After a Business Robbery, Three Zimbabwean Nationals Shot, One Succumbed to Injuries [press release]
SAPS
An investigation is underway following a business robbery at Elukwatini in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 06 November 2024 at about 01h30 am. Read more »
Uganda: Tororo Police Search for Headteacher Over Ple Registration Scam
Nile Post
The headteacher, Jacob Orendi of St. Kizito Okwire Primary School in Nagongera Subcounty, reportedly collected the money from Michael Alenya to register his daughter, Marion… Read more »
Nigeria: Another Priest Kidnapped in Imo State, Southern Nigeria
Agenzia Fides
Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. He is Fr Emmanuel Azubuike. The priest, who works in the parish of St. Theresa, Obollo, Isiala Mbano, in the southern state of Imo,… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - Arbitary Detention of Thousands in Amhara Region Must End Now [press release]
AI London
Makeshift detention camps across the Amhara region have been filled with thousands of civilians since September Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Records 4.6 Percent Digital Fraud Attempts in H1 - Transunion
Capital FM
Kenya saw a 4.6 percent rate of attempted digital fraud targeting transactions in the first half of 2024, according to TransUnion's latest H2 2024 'State of Omnichannel Fraud… Read more »
Liberia: Majority Bloc Seeks Direct Engagement With Executive, Judiciary, and Senate Amid House Leadership Stalemate
FrontPageAfrica
In a move highlighting intensifying divisions within Liberia's House of Representatives, a majority bloc of lawmakers has formally requested that the Executive, Judiciary, and… Read more »
South Africa: Casual Workers Protest Outside Joburg Mayor's Office, Demanding Jobs
GroundUp
They also want feedback on the City's recruitment processes Read more »
Nigeria: Alleged N1.3 Billion Fraud - Court Orders Arrest of Dana Air Md
Premium Times
The federal government, through its lawyer, Mojisola-Okeya Esho, had, on 10 October prayed the court to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the Dana Air chief. Read more »
Kenya: Ipoa Pushes for Senior Officers to Held Accountable for Crimes By Their Juniors
Capital FM
High Ranking police officers will be held criminally responsible for serious offenses committed by their juniors if Members of Parliament heed the call to amend the National Police… Read more »
Uganda: Tax Plastics Heavily to Avoid Another Kiteezi-Like Disaster [opinion]
Observer
In the wake of the Kiteezi catastrophe, where more than 40 people are believed to have died, there have been varying opinions on how best the country should manage its solid waste… Read more »
Nigeria: 14.3m People in Nigeria Are Drug Users - Official
Leadership
Director of public health at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Chukwuma Anyaike, has asserted that Nigeria has an epidemic drug use problem at a prevalence of… Read more »
Nigeria: #EndBadGovernance - I Was Not Aware of Minors' Arrest Until They Were Arraigned - Governor Yusuf
Premium Times
Mr Yusuf assured that his administration would do everything humanly possible to reunite the children with their parents. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Beitbridge Bus Robbers Jailed 84 Years Each
The Herald
Two armed robbers, who robbed passengers in a Beitbridge-bound bus of more than US$8 600 and R62 000 in cash in July, have been jailed for an effective 84 years each by the… Read more »
Nigeria: From Fuel Subsidy to Russian Flags - How Anti-Governance Protests in Northern Nigeria Took a Foreign Turn [opinion]
Daily Trust
The Russian flags waving syndicate share a common identity in all the northern states - their written slogans promoted Russia and Putin while their songs/chants echoed anti-Tinubu… Read more »
Nigeria: Let's Dialogue Over Tinubu's Tax Laws
Vanguard
Early last month, President Bola Tinubu sent four tax-related bills to the National Assembly for deliberation. These were: Nigerian Tax Bill 2024, the Tax Administration Bill, the… Read more »
Nigeria: Oyebanji Restates Ban On Use of School Premises for Social Events
This Day
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has restated the government's ban on the use of public schools' premises for social functions, adding that any head of school that flouts the… Read more »
