Category: Africa

Nigerian Lawmakers Discuss Malfeasance in Mass Jailbreak

JOS, Nigeria—Lawmakers in Nigeria have demanded a probe of a recent mass jailbreak in Central Plateau State, raising questions about collusion by prison employees. Prison administrators have deflected or stonewalled queries by journalists and elected officials. “From the security networking around the prison and the way the incident occurred, it is clear that there was…


Cameroon Grieves Children Killed In School Shooting

In what reads like a reenactment of the October 2020 massacre of school children in Cameroon, children have yet again paid a heavy price in the drawn-out war rocking the Central-African state. On November 24, 2021, unidentified gunmen stormed a state-run secondary school in Ekondo Titi, Ndian Division of South West Cameroon, killing four students…


Official: Small Plane Crashes in Congo, All 5 Aboard Killed

BENI, Congo—A small passenger plane with five people aboard crashed in eastern Congo on Thursday, and authorities said there were no survivors. Three passengers and two crew members were aboard the Malu Aviation plane that had left the city of Goma en route to Shabunda in South Kivu province. “We have just launched investigations to…


Despite Terror Threats Nigeria’s Christians Celebrate Christmas

Throughout Nigeria’s troubled northern states Christian believers headed to church on Christmas eve with brave faces. Even in the northernmost state of Sokoto, the heart of Nigeria’s Islamic region, more than 5,000 Christians are heading to church this week, according to Rev. Oro Yakubu, administrator of 30 congregations of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA)….


China Now Controls Africa

Commentary When we think of colonialism, we tend to think of men like Christopher Columbus and Charles Du Gaulle; and countries like France, Portugal, and Spain. In other words, we tend to think of colonialism in the past tense, as something that occurred long, long ago. Today, however, millions of people across the globe still live under colonial…


Terrorists Promise Christmas Massacre in Nigeria

Residents of an embattled town in Nigeria are bracing for another mass attack by radicalized militia who have threatened to kill the entire population. The threat came from a caller whose number was found on a cell phone dropped in the dirt during a night attack on Nov. 26 that massacred 10 unarmed residents in…


Natural Immunity Likely Contributing to Lower Hospitalization Rate in South Africa Amid Omicron Surge: Studies

A high immunity among South Africans that stems primarily from prior infection is likely a contributing factor to the lower hospitalization rate the country has recorded amid the surge in COVID-19 cases after the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus became dominant, according to a pair of new studies. COVID-19 infections in South Africa…


Ship Sinks Off Madagascar Coast: 17 Dead and 68 Missing

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar—A cargo ship illegally carrying 130 passengers sank off Madagascar’s northeastern coast, killing at least 17 people and leaving 68 missing, officials said Monday. At least 45 people have been rescued from the waters of the Indian Ocean, according to a report from the Maritime and River Port Agency. The ship, Francia, had left…


China’s Global Ambitions and Its African Port; Chinese Student Targeted at Purdue by CCP

A Chinese student at Purdue University was harassed by pro-CCP students. But the university is fighting back against Chinese Communist Party influence. This is raising an alert to campuses across the country to look at their own potential problems of infiltration from Beijing. The United States added 34 Chinese firms to a blacklist over human…


Sudan Group Says 1 Person Killed in Anti-Coup Protests

CAIRO—A Sudanese protester was shot dead during mass demonstrations against the recent military takeover and a subsequent deal that reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok but sidelined the movement, a medical group said Monday. Tens of thousands of Sudanese took to the streets in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country Sunday. The protests marked…