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The suspected gunmen who killed dozens of worshippers during a church service in southwestern Nigeria in June have been arrested, Nigeria’s top military officer said on Tuesday (August 9). This comes two months after the attack which shocked many in the West African nation. “We have arrested those behind the dastardly act in Owo,” General Leo Irabor, Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff, said in a meeting with local media, reported by Abuja-based Daily Trust newspapers. Neither Irabor nor the police who confirmed the arrest to The Associated Press provided further details into the development. The Nigerian general however said investigations…

Israeli troops killed three Palestinians and injured dozens more in a shootout Tuesday during an arrest operation in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The shootout came a day after a cease-fire ended three days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip. Israeli police said forces surrounded the home of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, who they say was wanted for a string of shootings in the West Bank earlier this year. It confirmed that al-Nabulsi and another Palestinian militant were killed in a shootout at the…

Kenyans voted largely peacefully on Tuesday as two political heavyweights battled it out in a high-stakes race for the presidency of the East African powerhouse. The country is hoping for an orderly transition of power after almost a decade under two-term President Uhuru Kenyatta, but concerns about vote-rigging linger after past election disputes spiraled into bloodshed. Deputy President and erstwhile heir apparent William Ruto, 55, is running against Raila Odinga, the 77-year-old veteran opposition leader now backed by longtime rival Kenyatta after a stunning shift in allegiances. Across the nation, voters lined up well before dawn to cast their ballots…

Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, is struggling with the inflationary pressure that results from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Faced with soaring costs many Nigerians are now buying basic products in small quantities to be consumed on the same day. “not everybody has money to buy in bulk. Like this baby now, if he wants to drink ‘Pure Water’ (brand of water sachet sold in Nigeria that costs 250 nairas or $0.60, ed.) but you cannot have money to buy in bulk, you can only buy one and drink. Because things are too expensive”, complained Nigerian vendor Babalola Rose. In the streets of…

In Somalia, Sunday, a majority of members of parliament approved the country’s appointed cabinet by a show of hands. Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre’s 75-member government was confirmed moments after mortar shells struck residential neighborhoods near the presidential palace in Mogadishu. “The quorum is 237 MPs, seven MPs refused, one MP abstained while some 229 MPs endorsed the approval the new cabinet ministers, therefore it is approved”, the speaker of the house,  Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe, said. If there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, security challenges will remain top of the agenda of the newly appointed…

The head of Chad’s military government, Mahamat Idriss Deby, is expected to sign Monday, a peace deal with rebel groups which took part in the Doha talks with the Chadian authorities. Ahead of the signing, the Chadian ruler met with his host Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who backs a “comprehensive national reconciliation in” the Sahelian state. AFP news agency reported some 40 rebel factions could sign the deal, according to diplomatic sources. After months of talks between, it remains unclear whether the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, the main rebel group in the country, will sign the…

US top diplomat landed at Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nation tour of Africa. He visited the Hector Pieterson memorial in Soweto township, on the outskirts of Johannesburg. It is with Antoinette Sithole, the sister of the late Hector that the diplomat laid a wreath at the memorial which honors the student killed in 1976 when protesting South Africa’s regime racist regime of apartheid. “Hector’s story is one that really resonates because we have our own struggle for freedom and equality in the United States and South Africa’s story is unique…

High diving competitors at a water reservoir in rural Czech Republic beat the heat, by jumping into water by up to 25 meters high platforms. AMN/Reporters/Czech.

At least one person has been killed in and another severely injured in flooding caused by torrential rain in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, on Friday. It is the second time in less than a month heavy downpours have turned roads into muddy rivers and submerged underpasses. Some drivers described frightening scenes, including Tahar Trabelsi, a Tunisian engineer living in Dakar. “There were a lot of traffic jams, we were completely blocked,” he said. “We weren’t moving forward and – with the rain – there was a lot of water coming in – and little by little, the water was rising. So…

Mali’s government has said it will integrate 26,000 ex-fighters from a northern rebellion group into its army as part of a deal with the former independence movement. The agreement was struck in a meeting on Friday between the two parties and suggest a new energy in the stalled reconciliation deal, signed several years ago. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga. Also attending the event were the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General and head of the peacekeeping mission in Mali, El Ghassim Wane, and other ambassadors. A peace deal between the government and non-extremist armed…