Saudi Arabian leaders reached out to the United States on Friday to express condolences after one of their citizens was identified as the shooter in an incident that left four people dead at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in the U.S. state of Florida. Others, including responding law enforcement officers, were…
Family, friends and many in the community of Dayton are mourning the loss of an Eritrean immigrant who was gunned down during a mass shooting in the Ohio city, one of two such deadly incidents that occurred in the United States on Saturday. Saheed Saleh, a 38-year-old who also lived…
Popular Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – is reporting his vehicle came under police gunfire in the town of Arua, leaving his driver dead. Wine sent a Twitter message, with a graphic image he identified as the shooting, after the incident…
It’s been a year since Lipolelo Thabane, then the estranged wife of Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, was shot dead at her home and still there’s been no closure on the case. The 58-year-old Lipolelo Thabane was killed on June 14, 2017 – immediately prior to Thabane’s inauguration – in Ha Masana,…
Eritrea’s Minister of Information denies any protest deaths in the small Horn of Africa nation earlier this week, and called two journalists pathological liars for reporting on clashes some say killed 28 people. Yemane Meskel, in the government’s first official response to events on Tuesday, countered media outlets and local…
Police in Uganda confirmed the death of an unidentified man they say was injured when a political rally in Rukungiri turned violent Wednesday – but they tell a starkly different story than opposition leaders who say they were there when police opened fire on the crowd. Patrick Amuriat, an opposition…
In Lesotho, Prime Minister Tom Thabane said he was firmly in control of the nation as he confirmed the shooting death of the defense force commander in an episode with echoes of the political power struggle of recent years. Thabane held a press conference to discuss the Tuesday shooting of…
The memorial service and burial for Lipolelo Thabane are planned for Friday in Lesotho, more than two weeks after the estranged wife of newly installed Prime Minister Thomas Thabane was shot dead at her home. The 58-year-old Lipolelo Thabane was killed on June 14, immediately prior to Thabane’s inauguration, in…
The estranged wife of new Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has died on the eve of his inauguration, following a fatal shooting attack on the family. Local media reports said family members had confirmed the death of Lipolelo Thabane, who was shot while returning to her home. South African radio…
Somalia on Thursday mourned the death of Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction Abbas Abdullahi Siraji, who was laid to rest following a state funeral in Mogadishu. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo attended the funeral service after cutting short a three-day state visit to Ethiopia, as did Prime Minister Hassan Ali…
Lesotho’s troubled political landscape saw a new turn toward violence over the weekend, with one man killed following a dispute over delegates for a primary election ahead of the country’s June 3 general elections. Thabiso Moqolo was shot during a fight that broke out at a meeting in the Maseru…
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda said Friday that his government plans additional surveillance in cities and along highways, a security plan he said has been postponed in favor of other infrastructure projects. He added that the safety of Ugandans and security of their property would be “guarded at all costs.”…
The unrest in Cote d’Ivoire spread to the port city of San Pedro late Wednesday, where heavy gunfire was reported. Reuters reported residents near the city’s bus station had confirmed the shooting, which was the latest episode of unrest among the Ivorian military and government police forces. The uprising began…