VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update At least seventy people were killed when fire broke out in a five-storey building at central Johannesburg in South Africa. The South African city’s emergency services disclosed…
Category: Africa
African Union fires Gabon over coup
VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update Military leaders named the head of the Presidential Guard, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, as the country’s interim leader on Wednesday evening. AU’s Peace and Security Council said…
Tragedy as 52 burnt to death in South Africa
VAM News Update At least 52 people have been killed and more than 40 treated for injuries following a fire at a multistorey building in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, local media and…
Coup: Face your job, AU tells Gabonese national army and security forces
THE head of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Wednesday, warned the Gabonese national army and security forces to adhere to their “republican vocation”. This is as he also strongly…
Rule Of Law must not perish in Africa – Nigeria expresses concern over Gabon Coup
NIGERIA President, Bola Tinubu has expressed his deep concern over the political situation in Gabon and the socio-political stability in that country. Tinubu’s reaction came hours after a group of Gabonese military…
Coup: Soldiers Arrest Gabon President, Detain Son
VAM News Update Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for “treason”, military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown…
Another coup in Africa as Military Takes Over Power in Gabon
VAM News Update Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali…
Flood Looms In 13 States Over Release Of Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam
VAM News Update Authorities at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have been alerted to a possible flooding along the River Benue basin in a few days due to the imminent release…
JUST IN: Niger allows Mali, Burkina Faso troops to intervene in case of attack
Niger has authorised Mali and Burkina Faso’s armed forces to intervene on its territory in case of an attack. The three allies’ foreign ministers said they had met in the Nigerien…
Tears as Nigerian military buries 22 personnel killed in Niger
VAM News Update No fewer than 22 military personnel who died in combat in Niger State are being laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,…