Cameroon dialogue starts as Anglophone separatists pull out

Cameroon opens national peace dialogue without separatists YAOUNDE, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cameroon starts a national dialogue on Monday in a bid to end a separatist conflict in the country’s anglophone provinces though key rebel leaders have already refused to participate.Nearly 3,000 people have died and half a million fled…

17 killed in Burkina Faso attacks

File photo OUAGADOUGOU , Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The security forces in Burkina Faso say 17 people have been killed in three separate attacks in the north of the country. Nine people died when dozens of gunmen riding motorcycles attacked Komsilga village, staying there for several hours, the Burkina Faso…

Sex education for 4 years old sparks outrage in Ghana«

 The proposed sex education program has been described as satanic ACCRA, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Parents and Christian groups in Ghana have pushed back against a planned introduction of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for primary school children aged four.Education officials in Ghana say the Unesco programme will empower children with…

Nigeria: 19 pregnant teens and women rescued from suspected baby traffickers

The rescued girls and women boarding a bus after their rescue LAGOS, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nineteen pregnant teens and women were rescued as Nigerian police busted a suspected child trafficking ring planning to sell babies, a police spokesman said.The victims, ranging in age from 15 to 28, were found…

Somalia: Twin attacks hit US special forces base, Italian convoy

MOGADISHU, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somali insurgents on Monday mounted an ambitious attack on a base where U.S. special forces train Somali commandos, while an Italian military convoy was hit in a separate blast in the capital Mogadishu. No casualties were reported in either attack, U.S and Italian officials said.…

Nigerian authorities seek families of inmates from purported school after raid

Parents of some of the children rescued by police wait to see them at the Hajj transit camp in Kaduna, Nigeria KADUNA (Nigeria), Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian authorities scrambled to find the families of hundreds of men and boys freed from a purported school where some had been kept…

Boat with over 50 passengers capsizes off Libyan coast – UN

TRIPOLI, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A boat with more than 50 people on board has capsized off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said, the latest accident involving migrants trying to reach Europe. The exact location of the accident remains unclear, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Twitter. A…

US: New vaccination law could bar thousands of Washington students from school

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — Thousands of public school students in U.S. state of Washington could soon be barred from classes for not complying with vaccination requirements under a new law that took effect two months ago. A few weeks into the school years, school districts in the state are scrambling to process updated…

Loyal ministers back British PM’s Brexit pledge

LONDON, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson ignited the Brexit debate Sunday, saying Britain will leave the European Union on Oct 31 despite a parliamentary bill forcing him to seek an extension from Brussels if there is no deal. Johnson made his pledge in a television interview in Manchester as thousands of Conservatives…

Mugabe finally laid to rest in rural Zimbabwe village

KUTAMA (Zimbabwe), Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The body of Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was buried on Saturday in a low-key ceremony in his home village after weeks of wrangling over his final resting place. Family members threw white roses into the grave as the coffin of the liberation hero…