Violence

Kenya has announced that it will host a meeting between rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the government in Kinshasa. The announcement was made after a meeting of leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and…

Since the death of popular Nigerian singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, celebrities have began to express their personal  experiences on violence and molestation. The Nigerian music executive Ubi Franklin on Sunday the 17th of April 2022…

Hundreds of women marched in Abidjan to protest violence against women and to demand punishment for rapists. Under the slogan "Orange the world", organised by the UN Women's Generation Equality, women in Ivory Coast and around the world…

The United States has urged Sudan's military coup leaders to refrain from violence against peaceful protesters ahead of planned demonstrations on Saturday opposing the takeover, saying how the army reacts will be a litmus test. "Tomorrow…

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Nigerian government is vigorously pursuing some high profiled citizens involved in sponsoring the agitations for secession by some Nigerians. He made the revelation in his nationwide broadcast to…

Nigeria’s minister of defence, Bashir Magashi has warned that the military agencies will not sit and watch some people destabilise the country. The Defence Minister stated this in Kano after he revalidated his membership of the All…

Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Sunday, visited the troubled Shasa Community in Ibadan, Oyo State, where they appealed for calm and peaceful coexistence between the Hausa community…