Nigerian troops charged with mutiny

A group of soldiers in Nigeria is refusing to fight Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment, one of the mutineers tells the BBC.

Three Ugandan soldiers have been charged over the killing last month of civilians at a wedding in Somalia, the African Union says.

Almost 500 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram militants, Cameroon’s army says.

Nigeria's former national security adviser is charged with fraud related to the alleged disappearance of $2bn (£1.3bn) meant to buy arms to fight Boko Haram.

Nigerian national Anthony Okafor yesterday appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrates’ Court charged with trafficking in drugs worth over Sh124 million.

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TANZANIAN troops will continue participating in international peacekeeping missions, with the view of ensuring that the world is a better place to live in. Minister for Defense and National Service, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, speaking at the commemoration of ...

>After a few days, the Royal British Army offered me a number of jobs at the defence headquarters, which I declined because they involved sitting in the office and doing administrative work which had included, among others, keeping records of military items in their respective stores.

Little is known today or even narrated in the local media, about the January 1, 1961 mutiny by African members of what was then known as the Tanganyika Rifles, which occurred three years after Tanganyika’s independence from Britain on December 9, 1961.

Nigerian female DJ and producer Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola popularly known as DJ Cuppy is embarking her Pan – African tour on eight countries. Tanzania is a fifth country she has visited in her month-long tour. The lovely daughter of the Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola came by at our studios and she had an exciting chat […]