DR CONGO CONFLICT: WHY KENYAN TROOPS ARE JOINING THE BATTLE
(BBC) More than 100,000 people have fled their homes and dozens been killed after fighting reignited between Congolese soldiers and the M23 rebel group, in one of the world’s longest…
TANZANIAN PLANE CRASH LANDS INTO LAKE VICTORIA
(BBC) A Tanzanian passenger plane has crash-landed into Lake Victoria near the north-western town of Bukoba. More than 20 of the 49 passengers have been rescued, according to local media…
QUATORIAL GUINEA PRESIDENT WHO HAS RULED FOR 43 YEARS, LAUNCHES BID FOR SIXTH TERM
(BBC) Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled the West African country for 43 years, launched his bid for a sixth term on Thursday. Mr Obiang, 80,…
DAVIDO’S SON IFEANYI DROWNS IN LAGOS SWIMMING POOL
The three-year-old drown in a private swimming pool at the family’s residence in Lagos, according to a family source who informed Peoples Gazette about the development. “The boy was inside…
OVER 180 DIE IN MALAWI AS CHOLERA DEATH TOLL RISES
(BBC) The number of deaths from cholera in Malawi rose to 183 at the end of October from 110 at the beginning of the month, the health ministry announced on…