Death Toll Rises To 37 From Cameroon Building Collapse  

The death toll from the collapse of a four-storey building in Cameroon’s commercial hub and largest city Douala, 210km (130 miles) west of the capital, Taounde, has risen to 37. The regional governor Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, while speaking to journalists on Sunday said The block caved in and fell onto another, smaller residential building at around 1am local time (00:00 GMT).

Six Killed In Banned Kenyan Anti-government Protests

For the second time in not up to a week, protests have erupted in Nairobi and other major cities in Kenya, bringing businesses to a standstill and causing major destruction around the country. A police official who sort anonymity said six people were killed, and more than 10 others were taken to hospital. He said 3 people were killed in Mlolongo city in Machakos county, 2 in Kitengela town near Nairobi, and 1 in the town of Emali on the highway to the port city of Mombasa. The official said the six who were shot for disrupting businesses, without elaborating. A health worker at Eagle Nursing Home clinic in Nairobi’s Kangemi neighbourhood said more than 50 school children in the capital city, Nairobi were tear-gassed.

President Tinubu Travels For ECOWAS Summit

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has traveled to Guinea-Bissau to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) scheduled for Sunday, in the country’s capital, Bissau. According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake which stated that President Tinubu would be accompanied by top government officials and some members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council.

Putin To Skip Attending BRICS Summit In SA Over Arrest Threat

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says arresting Russian leader Vladimir Putin would amount to a declaration of war. This is coming on the heels of speculation that the Russia President will not attend a summit in South Africa next month Putin has been invited to a BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit which will take place in Johannesburg in August.

Tinubu Elected 63rd ECOWAS Chairman

Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu elected the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu emerged as the Chairman during the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, in Guinea-Bissau.

Jonathan, Other African Leaders To Observe Sierra Leone Presidential Election 

Members of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF), led by former President Goodluck Jonathan, have arrived in Freetown Sierra Leone’s capital ahead of the country’s general election billed for Saturday June 24. According to Jonathan the WAEF will work with other stakeholders in Sierra Leone to ensure the election which will be held this weekend is peaceful and credible. Jonathan stated this on his twitter handle shortly after he arrived in Freetown, the capital of the West African country. WAEF consists of former leaders and statesmen who will provide mediation and interlocutory roles in addressing electoral and democratic conflict in the region. The forum was officially inaugurated on March 4, 2021.