Activists have called on the global community to starve the military of aid EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudanese protesters are urging world powers not to resume development aid to their government for fear of legitimising the October 25 coup and spoiling their country’s transition to democracy. Talk of restoring aid picked up after Prime … Read more
Kenyan policeman directs colleagues to settle his debts, kills self EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Kenyan Constable (name withheld) committed suicide, leaving a suicide note in which he asked his colleagues to contribute money and pay his debts. According to reports, the suicide letter dated December 9 claimed that the deceased police officer suffered … Read more
Sudan’s Gen. Burhan says military will exit politics after 2023 elections Mr Bashir has been jailed since his overthrow on corruption and other charges EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudan’s military will quit politics after elections in 2023, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Saturday, adding that the deposed former ruling party will play no … Read more
Mahamat described the travel ban as stigmatisation which could not be justified scientifically or on the grounds of reason logically EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat has said the travel ban on southern African countries due to COVID-19 Omicron variant is a form of stigmatisation against … Read more
South Africans with Omicron not seriously ill, says doctor EKO HOT BLOG reports that the people in South Africa who have caught the Omicron strain of Covid-19 have not become seriously ill, according to the country’s medical association (SAMA). According to Angelique Coetzee, chairperson of the South African Medical Association, the cases discovered in South … Read more
Doctors have accused security forces of targeting protesters in the “head, neck and torso” with live ammunition… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudan’s reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has replaced the country’s police chiefs, in a move that came after more than 40 people were killed in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests following a military … Read more
Hamdok was deposed by the military on October 25 but reinstated as interim premier after signing a deal… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the deputy head of Sudan’s governing sovereign council, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has disclosed that Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was aware of last month’s military takeover before it happened and was “completely … Read more
The late Tanzania President John Magufuli reinforced the law initially passed in 2002… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 19-year-old rule that banned pregnant students from attending school in Tanzania is to be scrapped, a minister says. Education Minister Prof Joyce Ndalichako said on Wednesday that primary and secondary school students who drop out of … Read more
Cameroon Shut Down Refinery Because Of Cheap Fuel From Nigeria, Says El-Rufai EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that Cameroon has closed down its refinery due to the cheap fuel they are getting from Nigeria. El-Rufai mentioned this on Tuesday during the opening of the World Bank’s Nigeria … Read more
Prominent Somali Journalist Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack EKO HOT BLOG reports that an Al-Shabaab suicide bomber in the capital, Mogadishu has killed prominent Somali journalist, Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled. The blast occurred on Saturday, November 21, as Guled, a Radio Mogadishu director, commonly known as Abdiaziz Afrika was leaving a restaurant The … Read more
Hamdok was quoted as saying that he had agreed to the deal to stop the violence… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudan’s ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been reinstated following last month’s coup when he was put under house arrest. He has appeared on TV to sign a new power-sharing agreement with coup leader … Read more
Obasanjo, U.S. envoy arrive Addis to broker Ethiopian ceasefire Widespread hunger is also reported in the neighbouring regions of Amhara and Afar. EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and US Special Envoy Jeffrey Feltman are in Addis Abeba to relaunch peace negotiations and broker a cease-fire in Ethiopia’s year-long war. Ethiopian … Read more
Cameroonian separatists attack Nigerian village, kill chief, 10 others The Ambazonian separatist soldiers attacked Manga village which is a border community between Taraba State and Republic of Cameroon in Takum LGA EKO HOT BLOG reports that Cameroonian separatist forces fighting for an independent Ambazonia attacked Manga in Takum LGA of Taraba State early Wednessday and … Read more
Ghanaian Barber, 23, Sentenced to 114 Years for Sodomising 12 Boys He admitted to sodomizing ten of his students after ten students testified against him EKO HOT BLOG reports that one Kwame Amponsah, a 23-year-old barber, was sentenced to 114 years in jail by a Mpraeso Circuit Court in Ghana for allegedly sodomizing 12 schoolboys … Read more
Over 20 People Injured as Twin Explosions Rock Uganda’s Capital City The explosion near the police station shattered windows while the one near the entrance to parliament saw cars parked nearby burst into flames, he added. EKO HOT BLOG reports that at least two explosions rocked Uganda’s capital, Kampala, on Tuesday morning, November 16, injuring … Read more
Gaddafi is one of the most prominent figures expected to run for president… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, has registered as a presidential candidate for the December 24 election, an official from the electoral commission said. “Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi submitted … his candidacy for the … Read more
The deadly violence comes days after a military-led ruling council was announced EKO HOT BLOG reports that five demonstrators were killed in pro-democracy protests in Sudan on Saturday, according to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors. The group said four protesters died of gunshot wounds, and a fifth from choking on tear gas during clashes … Read more
Large-Scale Protests Planned as Sudan Military Tightens Grip After Coup Security forces also fired tear gas in east Khartoum “and chased protesters afterwards,” a witness there said. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at anti-coup protesters in and around the capital on Saturday, two days after the military attempted to … Read more
Libya topples Nigeria as Africa’s top oil producer Nigeria, whose oil minister is President Buhari, recorded the second-biggest drop in output in October among its peers in OPEC, after Iraq. EKO HOT BLOG report that according to a recent study from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Libya has surpassed Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil … Read more
Gen Burhan retained his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo as well as other senior military leaders… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudan’s coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has named a new ruling council with himself as the leader following the military takeover last month. He was sworn in on Thursday. Gen Burhan retained his deputy Mohamed … Read more