An Estimated 700 People Killed In Maiduguri
The head of security in Maiduguri, Col Ben Ahanotu has said that about 700 people were killed in Maiduguri and that mass burials had begun there. An earlier tally of victims of the unrest, in which police battled Islamists, put the figure at 400. Life in the affected areas is now beginning to return to [...]
THE AFRICAN UNION
The AU is the acronym of The African Union which is the organization previously known as the OAU. It is made up of 50 African States. Recently the AU has played a significant role in conflict resolution throughout the African continent. It continues to be a major player in the overall economic development in the [...]
WFP Suffers Funding Shortfall
WFP, The World Food Programme, is suffering a funding shortfall this year as wealthy nations struggle to cope with the financial crisis, said its air service carrying aid workers to camps in the war-torn central African country of Chad would run out of money by August 15. The U.N. Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), operated by [...]
MP Arrested For Playing Anti-Mugabe Song
A legislator from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party, was arrested on Friday for playing a song they said denigrated President Robert Mugabe, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said. The MDC, is accusing ZANU-PF, Mugabe’s party, of arresting lawmakers to whittle its slim majority in parliament. Stewart Garadhi, an MP for Chinhoyi constituency about 100 [...]
