Africa Eye: Torture ‘rampant’ among Nigeria’s security forces

Eighteen people have been killed during the lockdown, while 12 have been by the virus.

A Burundian journalist, his wife and their two children were shot dead by security forces in a flashpoint district of the capital Bujumbura amid tensions following the re-election of President Pierre Nkurunziza, residents said Wednesday.

The US military on Thursday started transporting the first elements of a Rwandan battalion to the Central African Republic, where they will join an African Union mission, the Pentagon said.

Tanzania will field a team in this year’s Africa Under-19 Cricket tournament scheduled for August 9 to 16 in Lusaka, Zambia.

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>After finishing runners-up in 2011, the national women’s golf team players now feel they have what it takes to win the All Africa Challenge Trophy.

>Tanzanian golf prodigy Madina Idd says she is ready for this year’s All Africa Ladies Challenge Trophy teeing off on June 8 in Nairobi, Kenya.

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