Tag: flooding Nigeria

Tundu Lissu’s brief hunger strike over access to his lawyers has ended, but a dispute over confidential legal meetings at Tanzania’s Ukonga Prison remains unresolved.

Police arrested NSCDC officer Onoja Samuel after he allegedly fired a pistol into the air during a dispute at Kubwa Market in Abuja. Investigators recovered a pistol and 17 rounds of ammunition, but questions remain about the alleged trigger for the confrontation and the charges he may face.

Niger accuses Chad and France of backing a drone strike that killed two civilians near the Salvador Pass. Chad denies involvement and calls for an independent investigation.

The Russia-Africa summit has opened in Moscow with 22 African heads of state attending, half the number who travelled to Sochi in 2019. Trade shortfalls, military recruitment concerns and security controversies threaten to overshadow the Kremlin's economic ambitions.