Somaliland Sun

Africa

• Can a Chinese law help stop elephant slaughter in Africa? 06/19/2018
  It's no secret where the ivory deals take place in Pemba.
• Deadly explosions rock Eid celebrations in Nigeria 06/17/2018
  Twin bomb blasts at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 20 people and wounded scores more, local police told CNN.
• Cameroon security forces torturing English speakers, Amnesty says 06/12/2018
  Cameroon is in the grip of spiraling violence that has seen security forces and armed separatists torture and attack people in the country's English speaking region, a new report by Amnesty International has said.
• Congo warlord acquitted of war crimes to be released 06/13/2018
  The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the "interim release" of former Vice President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, after it reversed his 18-year jail sentence last week.
• 'Exhausted' migrants rescued from ship begin four-day journey to Spain 06/13/2018
  The search-and-rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean Sea since Sunday began its roughly 800-mile journey to Spain on Tuesday evening after transferring more than 500 rescued migrants to Italian Coast Guard and naval ships.
• President Buhari says sorry for election annulled 25 years ago 06/14/2018
  President Muhammadu Buhari says sorry to the family of late Moshood Abiola, the Nigerian opposition leader whose election was annulled by the military 25 years ago.
• Unprecedented UN sanctions slapped on 'millionaire migrant traffickers' 06/08/2018
  Six men who allegedly made fortunes from buying and selling vulnerable migrants have been hit by United Nations sanctions in an unprecedented response to the international slave trade exposed by CNN, the Dutch foreign ministry said Thursday.