August 2021

No fewer than fourteen bodies were discovered on Saturday after an attack by jihadists in DR Congo, Africa Daily News, New York reports.

A local chief revealed that they were discovered by Red Cross workers who went into a nearby forest to look for those missing after the attack on Kasanzi village in the Beni territory of North Kivu.

Beni lies at the heart of an area where the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) — linked to the Islamic State — have mounted deadly attacks in spite of emergency security measures by President Felix Tshisekedi.

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The Senegalese navy on Saturday disclosed that it was carrying out a search and rescue mission after a boat carrying about 60 migrants capsized earlier in the week.

The boat flipped over about 15 kilometres (nine miles) off the northern city of Saint-Louis, said the official, who asked not to be identified. The accident happened on Wednesday night, the navy statement said.

Those on board were trying to reach Spain, naval spokesman Ameth Sow told reporters.

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The Defence Headquarters has debunked reports that Commodore Kunle Olawunmi (rtd) was declared wanted by the Defence Intelligence Agency over an anti-Buhari interview rather saying he was only invited.

In a statement which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Saturday, the Director Defence Information Major General Benjamin Sawyerr, explained Olawunmi was only invited via a text message to share intelligence with the Armed Forces in order to fight terrorism and banditry.

Part of the statement reads: ‘Please gentlemen of the press. There is a Sahara reporters online news that The DIA has ordered for the arrest …

Twelve US servicemen were killed and 15 injured in two suicide bombing attacks in Kabul on Thursday by Islamic State militants, the head of US Central Command has revealed.

‘A number of Afghan civilians were also killed and injured in the attack,’ said General Kenneth McKenzie.

However, General McKenzie said the US airlift in Kabul will continue despite the attack.

‘We continue to execute our number one mission, which is to get as many evacuees and citizens out of Afghanistan,’ said General McKenzie.

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Eight people, including two Chinese workers were killed and two others injured on Thursday after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Kenya’s capital Nairobi.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the crane came crashing down while a team of 10 workers was attempting to dismantle it.

‘We have lost eight people,’ narrated Andrew Mbogo, police chief of Kilimani neighbourhood, where the accident occurred.

‘They include two Chinese and six Kenyans,’ he told reporters.

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The project to build a 14-storey student hostel was being supervised by a …