Elephant kills Maasai man in Tanzania's Ngorongoro

Elephants in Tanzania's famed Ngorongoro conservation area have killed a Maasai man who had gone there hunting for firewood, police said on Thursday.
#elephant #ngorongoro #tanzania

Sudan gunmen kill 17 civilians in new Darfur clashes

At least 17 civilians have been killed in Sudan's Darfur region, officials said on Friday, in the latest violence between rival ethnic groups that has left dozens dead this week alone.
#sudan #darfur

UN worried about lack of funds to tackle Somalia drought

The United Nations warned on Wednesday that it faces a crippling lack of funds to tackle Somalia's devastating drought, which has been "overshadowed" by other humanitarian crises including the war in Ukraine.
#unitednations #somalia #humanitariancrisis

Three Zimbabwean soldiers get 15 years each for spate of armed robberies

Three soldiers from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) have each been sentenced to 15 years behind bars after being convicted of armed robbery, theft and unlawful entry by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Court Martial.
#zimbabwe #defenceforcesgeneralcourtmartial

Domestic flights in Nigeria disrupted due to fuel shortage

Fuel shortages in Nigeria have caused domestic airlines to cancel some internal flights and delay others this week, two of the country's biggest carriers said on Wednesday.
#domesticflights #nigeria

SA wants single African currency to boost intra-continental trade

South Africa is in full support of establishing a single African currency backed by the continental central bank and monetary institute.
#southafrica #africancurrency

Google commits R15.3m to help small businesses owned by African women

American multinational technology company Google, through its philanthropic arm, Google.org, announced that it will pledge R15.3 million worth of charitable funds to support African female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.
#google #africanfemale

Tunisia releases ex-justice minister from house arrest

A former justice minister and senior figure in Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, under house arrest since December, was released on Tuesday but remains under investigation on "terrorism" charges, the government said.
#tunisia #islamist #terrorismcharges

Nigerian government discourages citizens from enlisting as fighters in Ukraine

A group of Nigerians have offered to fight in Ukraine after the country called on foreign volunteers to join their fight against the Russian invasion, but the Nigerian government is not amused.
#nigeria #ukraine

African software developers in high demand globally

The demand for African computer software developers skyrocketed in 2021 due to the global economic crisis, and of course, Covid 19 also played a role, a new Google report reveals.
#africa #softwaredevelopers