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Beitrag vom 21.08.2021

BBC News

Nigeria's royal wedding: Private jets, glitz and glamour

Private jets filled up the runway of the airport in the northern Nigerian city of Kano as members of Nigeria's elite and West African dignitaries flew in for the wedding of the president's son and the daughter of a prominent religious and traditional leader.

The marriage of Yusuf Buhari to Zahra Nasir Bayero is one of Nigeria's biggest celebrity events of the year.

Thousands attended the event at the palace of the Emir of Bichi, a town in Kano state.

Beitrag vom 21.08.2021

BBC News

Africa's jihadists: What Taliban takeover of Afghanistan means

By Catherine Byaruhanga, Africa correspondent, BBC News

As Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Islamist groups waging insurgencies in Africa were quick to celebrate.

"God is great," a media outlet linked to Somalia's al-Shabab wrote in response to the takeover.

Elsewhere, the leader of al-Qaeda affiliate Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) used his first public message since 2019 to congratulate the Taliban.

Beitrag vom 18.08.2021

Deutsche Welle

Auslandseinsatz: Ruandas Armee im Anti-Terror-Kampf in Mosambik

Das kleine Ruanda unterstützt Mosambik beim Kampf gegen islamistische Aufständische - offenbar mit Erfolg. Der Einsatz in der Unruheprovinz Cabo Delgado wirft ein Licht auf das Versagen von Mosambiks Sicherheitskräften.

von Antonio Cascais

Beitrag vom 16.08.2021

BBC News

Nigeria's Kano state moves to ban mannequin heads on Islamic grounds

By Nduka Orjinmo

The Islamic police force in Kano, a Muslim-majority state in Nigeria, has raised eyebrows after it ordered shops to only use headless mannequins to advertise clothing.

"Islam frowns on idolatry," Haruna Ibn-Sina, the commander of the Sharia police known as the hisbah, told the BBC.

"With the head on it looks like a human being," he added.

Beitrag vom 13.08.2021

NZZ

Bevölkerungswachstum

In dreissig Jahren leben in Nigeria gleich viele Menschen wie in der gesamten EU. Ist das ein Problem?

Afrikas Bevölkerungszahl wächst rapide und wird sich bis 2050 verdoppeln. Ein Schreckensszenario? Nicht unbedingt – wenn jetzt die richtigen Weichen gestellt werden.

Fabian Urech

Beitrag vom 12.08.2021

france 24

Madagascar president sacks all his ministers, citing 'failures in government'

Text by: NEWS WIRES

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has sacked all his ministers, his office said, days after he criticised some of their performances as below par and weeks after officials said they had thwarted a plot to kill the former coup leader.

Rajoelina's office gave no reason for the dismissals in a statement issued late on Wednesday.

On Sunday, Rajoelina said the performance of some ministers was unsatisfactory.