Barka! Ga abubuwan da ya kamata ka sani
NIGERIA/ECOWAS: A two-day meeting between the Economic Community of West African States [ECOWAS] and its development partners, ends in the Nigerian capital, Abuja today.
NIGERIA/TEEN BABIES: Nigerian police say 32 pregnant teens could face charges after being accused of plotting to sell their babies in a child trafficking ring. Police arrested the girls and a doctor in charge of a clinic in southeast Abia state on Saturday.
US /KENYA/DRUGS: The United States has added two Kenyans, including a member of parliament, to its list of drug kingpins who face sanctions.
TUNISIA/AFRICAN MIGRANTS: Officials say the bodies of at least 120 African refugees have been recovered off Tunisia coast, after a ship they were in capsized.
SOUTH AFRICA/SISULU: South African anti-apartheid activist Albertina Sisulu has died in her Johannesburg home.
BURKINA FASO: Witnesses in Burkina Faso's second largest city say troops have been sent into Bobo Dioulasso to end days of shooting and looting by soldiers in the commercial capital.
KENYA/DRUGS: A Kenyan lawmaker and businessman has been named one of seven “kingpins” targeted by the United States for drug trafficking.
CONGRESS/LIBYA: The U.S. House of Representatives appears to be set to vote on two competing resolutions on U.S. military action in Libya Friday, amid growing frustration among some lawmakers that President Obama has failed to obtain authorization from Congress for deploying U.S. forces in the NATO mission to protect Libyan civilians.
UN/AIDS: The UN Deputy Secretary-General and the head of UN AIDS launch “UNAIDS - AIDS at 30: Progress of Nations Report”.
GUINEA-BISSAU BEER: Through coups, conflicts and other upheavals, one constant for many West African countries has been the presence of a national beer. After going years without one, Guinea-Bissau is now hoping to revive its own local beer tradition following the reopening of its only brewery.
