RejiGNews: News From Africa Today
Here are some recent news stories from Africa:
The United Nations will repatriate nine peacekeepers from South Africa who were accused of sexual assault and other abuse in eastern Congo.
Kenya’s Cabinet has approved the deployment of 1,000 police to lead a multinational peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence.
More than 500 workers at a mine in South Africa have been underground since Sunday in what appears to be a dispute between two unions.
Liberia’s electoral commission scheduled a presidential election run-off for November after results showed that the two frontrunners, President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai, had failed to secure enough votes.
Uganda’s top opposition leader, Bobi Wine, says he is under house arrest. The police denied that they had arrested him, saying they “escorted” him from an airport to his home.
More than 70 young people were arrested on Saturday by security forces on charges of organizing a gay wedding in north-east Nigeria.
More than 1,400 African migrants reached Spain’s Canary Islands between Friday night and Sunday morning.
The International Monetary Fund is cautioning African nations about the possibility of a regional economic downturn and the ripple effects that China’s slowing economy could bring.