Tag: Military
US Troops Leave Niger Base At Niamey
US troops have completed a withdrawal from their base in Niger’s capital of Niamey and will fully depart from Agadez in the north before a [more…]
Retired Peruvian Soldiers Sentenced For Raping Rural Women And Girls In 1980s
This handout picture released by the Peruvian Judiciary shows peasant women victims of rape by the military attending the sentencing session of the First National [more…]
Stampede Kills 37 During Army Recruitment In Congo
Thirty-seven youths were killed in a stampede overnight during an army recruitment drive in a stadium in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, [more…]
Armed Commandos Take Guinean Ex-Dictator From Prison
Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was on Saturday taken from prison by a heavily armed commando during an operation that sparked heavy gunfire in [more…]
Lagos Assembly Angry Over Killings, Want Urgent Security Council Meeting.
The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to convene a security council meeting in the State with a bid to [more…]
Video: Fake Policemen Arrested In Lagos
Two fake policemen armed with Ak-47 riffles were on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command at Ikeja. In a video which [more…]
JUST IN: Niger general Tchiani named head of transitional government after coup
Abdourahmane Tchiani, head of Niger’s presidential guard, has named himself head of a transitional government in the West African country, two days after his unit [more…]