Killings continue on Del Monte farm in Kenya, families say, after G4S hired for securityExclusive: Three men killed in incidents over past year allegedly involving G4S guards, who replaced in-house team after previous deathsBereaved families and politicians have raised alarm about continued killings on Del Monte's pineapple farm in Kenya despite the company hiring a British security firm to replace its in-house security team after previous deaths were exposed by the Guardian.The multinational food company appointed G4S to guard the farm, which is estimated to cover at least 40 sq km, the area of a small city, after the Guardian detailed allegations of brutal assaults and killings of people suspected of trespassing on its land. Kenyan police have been working with G4S to guard the site. Continue reading...
First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRCTwo drugs are being trialled in the Ituri region in a programme set up just six weeks after the outbreak was declared, with hopes it will reduce mortality ratesThere is no approved drug to help the medical teams scrabbling to save lives in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - but there are hopes that could change within months as the first patients are enrolled in a treatment trial.It is a record pace to set up and start this kind of research, scientists said, with patients enrolled just six weeks after the outbreak being declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 17 May. Continue reading...
Nigeria says army has killed 300 bandits in north-western state of ZamfaraVigilantes also took part in the fight that raged all night and the following morning, residents sayNigerian soldiers killed more than 300 members of kidnapping and cattle bandit gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara this week, according to a government official.Government troops targeted the gangs in Gummi district in a two-day operation that "led to the elimination of more than 300 terrorists", Zamfara's information commissioner, Mahmud Muhammad Dantawasa, said in a statement. Continue reading...
Furore in Nigeria over fake federal agency set up in government HQPresident orders investigation after fictitious body given funding, triggering renewed scrutiny of alleged corruptionA fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3bn naira (£700,000) in Nigeria's 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in Africa's largest democracy in the run-up to a general election set for January.The fake agency came to light last October when Femi Gbajabiamila, the president's chief of staff, wrote to the police alleging that his signature, along with official seals and reference numbers, had been forged by Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who was claiming to have been appointed by the presidency to head the presidential foreign intervention promotion council (PFIPC). Continue reading...
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