Toture is “rampant” in Nigeria: BBC
An independent investigation has found torture is rampant among security forces interrogating detainees. It found that a senior police officer implicated in the 2014 death of a tortured suspect is still serving . BBC Africa Eye has several video clips of detainees, including children, tortured by a method known as tabay. It involves binding the […]
Boko Haram burns sleeping travelers in their cars
Islamist militants have burned to death at least 30 people sleeping in their cars in troubled north-east Nigeria. The dead include a pregnant woman and a baby. The militants, believed to be from Boko Haram, arrived in trucks and set fire to the cars filled with travelers. Borno state governor Babagana Umara Zulum was shocked […]
Moi’s funeral underway in Nairobi
Thousands have a packed a stadium in Nairobi for the funeral of Kenya’s longest-serving president. Daniel Arap Moi’s body was brought in on a gun carriage with the military heavily to the fore in the event celebrating the life of the 95-year old who died last week. Critics of Daniel Arap Moi’s 24-year presidency call […]
French court upholds seizure of goods bought with embezzled Equatorial Guinean funds
France’s Appeal Court has upheld the seizure of the ill-gotten property of Equatorial Guinea’s Deputy President Teodorin Obiang. The 50-year-old, appointed by his father three years ago, has already has property impounded by the Swiss and Brazilian governments. ends intro The Appeal Court in Paris upheld an earlier ruling by a lower court seizing property, […]