August 4, 2023 Haiti expresses skepticism over Kenya’s offer to send police to combat Haiti’s gang violence Residents in Haiti expressed concerns over Kenya offering international intervention to combat the Caribbean nation’s gang violence. Previously, foreign forces have wrecked the country.
August 4, 2023 Kenyan doctors report that protesters were shot while running from police or attempting to surrender Kenyan doctors believe many citizens were shot while running from police during the recent protests. The doctors say bullet wounds can prove this.
August 3, 2023 Zimbabwean opposition claims president's supporters stoned one of their members to death Zimbabwe's political opposition has made claims, so far unsubstantiated, that supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa stoned an opposition activist to death.
August 3, 2023 US Embassy in Niger partially evacuated after military takeover, Blinken says Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the State Department had implemented a temporary departure order from the U.S. embassy in Niger following a military takeover.
August 2, 2023 Vietnam will export 2M doses of swine fever vaccine to Philippines by October Vietnam granted approval for two African swine fever vaccines and has announced its intention to export two million doses to the Philippines by October.
August 2, 2023 Armed men in Central African Republic stage local meeting before killing 13 at point-blank range A group of armed men targeted a Central African village Wednesday, executing 13 locals at point-blank range and leaving two others injured.
August 2, 2023 Nigerian labor unions protest soaring cost of living under new president, call for government to help Unions in Nigeria are protesting the rising cost of living in the country under new President Bola Tinubu. The new president scrapped decadeslong subsidies causing prices to rise.
August 2, 2023 Plane nosedives on city street in Nigeria The Jabiru J430 light aircraft operated by Air First Hospitality & Tours was flying over the bustling Oba Akran area of the capital Lagos when it had to make an emergency landing on August 1. (Source: Viral Press)
August 2, 2023 Nigerian stowaways survive 14-day trip across Atlantic on ship's rudder, drank ocean water: report Four Nigerian stowaways are claiming to have survived a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil on a cargo ship’s rudder by drinking sea water.
August 1, 2023 Wagner Group still not recruiting mercenaries following coup, Prigozhin says Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group has not lifted its suspension of recruitment, leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an audio message on Monday.