Nigerian soldiers given death penalty for mutiny
A Nigerian court martial has sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram Islamist militants. The soldiers, who were found guilty of mutiny, were accused of refusing to help recapture three towns that had been seized by Boko Haram in August. A lawyer for the soldiers said the 54 would face a […]
Sierra Leone football rocked by internal power wrangles
Sierra Leone football has again been rocked by internal power wrangles following a decision taken by members of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) to dissolve the executive committee led by Isha Johansen.A nine-man interim body, headed by an owner of a premier league club and veteran football administrator Alhaji Unisa Alim Sesay, has been […]
Ebola fighters are Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
Foday Gallah saw the sick child was distressed and felt he had to do something. So he picked the kid up to comfort him. And with that act of kindness, the 37-year-old ambulance supervisor in Monrovia, Liberia, contracted Ebola himself.“Of course, he got vomit all over him and that’s how he got Ebola,” said photographer […]
Christmas cancelled in Sierra Leone over Ebola fears
Freetown – Sierra Leone said on Friday it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling case-load of Ebola infections continues to spread alarm. Soldiers are to be deployed to the streets throughout the festive period, forcing people venturing out into the streets back indoors, the government’s Ebola response unit said.-AfricaMetro Please follow and […]
Mali Confirms Al-Qaeda Prisoners Exchanged for French Hostage Lazarevic
Mali admitted on Friday that Al-Qaeda prisoners were freed in exchange for French hostage Serge Lazarevic, confirming reports on RFI earlier in the week. The French defence minister has refused to comment on links between the two. Mali’s Justice Minister Mohamed Ali Bathily said on Friday that four prisoners were freed in exchange for the […]
Foreign Plane Loaded With Arms Seized in Kano (Nigeria)
France has confirmed that the two helicopters found aboard the seized Russian manufactured Antonov aircraft in Kano on Saturday, belongs to the French army and is part of the shipment meant to reduce the size of its military intervention in the Central African Republic (CAR). It added that the helicopters, light Gazelle, which were headed […]
More than 17 people dead on the latest migrant boat tragedy
More than a dozen people have died on a migrant boat heading for Italy. The Italian navy reported that the harsh elements killed the refugees, who were seeking asylum in the EU.The Italian navy announced on Friday that it had rescued more than 270 migrants stranded in the Strait of Sicily, but that 16 people […]
Zimbabwean President Mugabe says Ghana is poor and undeveloped
Former Ghanaian President John Kufuor has dismissed President Robert Mugabe’s claims that the West African country is “as poor as it was in the 1960s.” He described President Mugabe’s comments as his own “opinion.” But Kufour disagreed in an interview on Starr FM and said “Ghana has made some fantastic improvement since the 1960s.” “The […]
Zimbabawean born, Ebola survivor Ian Crozier speaks for the first time
A US-based doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and survived after weeks of intensive treatment in Atlanta is speaking out for the first time in an interview published on Sunday. Ian Crozier – who until now has remained anonymous in news accounts of his treatment, at his request – said he cannot remember the […]
Nigeria drawn in the ‘Group of Death’ for the 2015 women’s World Cup
The African champions Nigeria have been drawn in the so-called ‘Group of Death’ at the 2015 women’s World Cup in Canada.Nigeria will face the number one ranked Olympic champions, the United States, in Group D at the showpiece event to be played from 6 June to 5 July.The Super Falcons will also take on fifth […]
