October, 2021 | ANG - Part 2
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Four persons sentenced to death in Tunisia for a 2013 assassination of a politician

A Tunisian court sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges stemming from the murder of a left-wing politician, a public prosecutor said Wednesday. Chokri Belaid, …

Central bank of Nigeria raises interest rates to combat soaring inflation

Nigeria’s central bank implemented a significant increase in its monetary policy rate, raising it by 200 basis points to 24.75% from the previous 22.75%, according to Governor Olayemi Cardoso on Tuesday. …

Nigerian parents reunites with their children who were in captivity

Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two weeks in captivity said they saw them on Wednesday and that they couldn’t hold back tears of …

Nigerian religious police arrest man for auctioning self

slamic religious police in northern Nigeria arrested a man who put himself up for sale to escape biting poverty, a local official said Wednesday. Aliyu Idris, 26, was arrested on Tuesday …

Uganda explosion an act of domestic terror, say police

Ugandan police said Sunday that a deadly explosion that killed one person and injured three others at a roadside eatery in the capital Kampala was an “act of domestic terror”. Police …

Nigeria rolls out Africa’s first digital currency E-NAIRA

Nigeria is officially launching a new digital version of its currency, the eNaira, after postponing the operation initially planned for early October, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced Monday. With this launch, …

Sudan Civilian leaders arrested amid reports of a coup

Unidentified gunmen arrested several Sudanese leaders early Monday at their homes, a government source told AFP, after weeks of tension between the military and civilian transitional authorities in the East African …

Fire kills 14 people, injures 51 in southern Taiwan

A fire engulfed a 13-storey building overnight on Thursday in southern Taiwan, killing 14 people and injuring 51. Firefighters were conducting search and rescue efforts Thursday morning to search for survivors. …

Gunfire exchanges in streets of Beirut wounding several

Gunfire killed two people and wounded 12 at a Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the Beirut blast lead investigator, a …

Tunisia’s President says critics ‘plotting’ against state

President Kais Saied on Thursday accused unnamed politicians of using refuge overseas to “plot” against the state, implicitly targeting one of his predecessors based in France. “Tunisia is a free and …

SHOCKING: 21-year-old online scammer who impersonated Mark Zuckerberg jailed in Ilorin Nigeria

21-year-old Jatto Sheriff Umar, who impersonated Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in order to defraud unsuspecting victims in an online scam, was on Wednesday, October 13, convicted and sentenced to jail over …

‘Treated like sheep’: Migrants tell of torture, extortion in Libya camps

Migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea have told The Associated Press they were tortured and their families were extorted for ransoms while they were held in Libya’s government detention centers. Their …

Former DRC Police Chief Confesses to the Murder of Rights Activists

The trial in the case of the assassination of human rights defenders Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana in June 2010 in Kinshasa took another twist on Wednesday when one of the …