Kidnappers killing for ransom arrested in Nigeria
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – THE Nigerian Navy has arrested nine suspects behind the killing of captives whose families failed to pay ransom for…
January 2020
28 killed as disaster strikes Mozambique again
from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – AT least 28 people have been killed and more than 58 800 affected in the latest floods to hit the…
SA mobile users missing out on RCS benefits
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa’s mobile industry has been urged to educate users in order to boost the uptake of Rich Communication Services…
Elections aggravate deadly violence in Cameroon
from ROSY SADOU in Yaoundé, Cameroon YAOUNDE, (CAJ News) – PARLIAMENTARY and municipal elections scheduled for next month have escalated the crisis in English-speaking…
Pregnant Ghana woman endures horror in Israel jail
from RUSSELL ADADEVOH in Accra, Ghana ACCRA, (CAJ News) – THE imprisonment of a heavily pregnant Ghanaian woman in Israel has sparked outrage in her home country and among human…
MTN introduces prepaid TikTok bundles
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – MTN South Africa has launched bundles for the short-form video sharing application that has emerged a favourite among millions of…
Tricky ties in Africa’s road to Qatar 2022
from AHMED MOOLA in Cairo, Egypt CAIRO, (CAJ News) – SOME long running rivalries will resume as African teams begin their route to the Federation of International Football…
Scores of ‘Yahoo Boys’ nabbed at Nigeria nightclub
from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS, (CAJ News) – NIGERIAN authorities have arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters during a raid at a nightclub southwest of the…
More Tanzania government critics jailed
from ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania DAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) – THE detention of a human rights lawyer and his co-accused on charges of organised crime and money…
Foreign stars lead Absa Premiership top scorer race
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AS the race to clinch the Absa Premiership title intensifies, so is the quest by strikers to finish top of the goal scoring…