A Maltese port manager has been shot dead in Somalia’s northern semi-autonomous Puntland state, officials…
Africa
Woman demands payment as lover dumps her after nine years (Punch)
A Zimbabwean woman, Auxillia Mutikinye, has declared that she deserves payment for staying with her lover…
South African president signs ‘transparent’ party funding bill (Guardian)
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a bill to regulate public and private funding…
ECOWAS, others move to eliminate child marriage in West Africa (Guardian)
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed commitment to eliminate child marriage…
Zimbabwe president Mnangagwa skips Davos over protests (BBC)
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken off a trip to Europe after violent protests in…
African Union concern over DR Congo vote (BBC)
The African Union (AU) says there are “serious doubts” about the outcome of elections in…
Protests in Sudan: Doctor and teen killed in Sudan protests (BBC)
A doctor and a 16-year-old have been killed in Sudan amid demonstrations against President Omar…
Nine arrests over Kenya hotel attack (BBC)
Nine people have been arrested in Kenya following an attack on a luxury hotel compound…
Ahmed Hussein-Suale: Ghana journalist shot dead (BBC)
A Ghanaian undercover journalist has been shot dead as he drove home, after a politician…
First Nigerian female shortlisted for Africa engineering prize (Punch)
Elizabeth Kperrun, mobile and web applications developer, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Africa Prize…