Reports reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that Paratroopers exchanged gunfire with Government soldiers on Friday in Bamako the capital city of Mali. This is happening despite the security operation being undertaken by French and African troops to dislodge Al-Qaeda allied rebels in the northern part of the country. State army surrounded the Djikoroni paratrooper base in Western […]

Sierra Leone’s ex-president and war-time leader Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has died at the age of 82 after a long illness. He died on Thursday afternoon at his home in the capital, Freetown, with his wife and close family members at his side, reports say. In a statement, Sierra Leone’s government said Mr Kabbah’s death was […]

Leading Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina has come out to say he is gay, making him one of the most high-profile Africans to do so. He made the disclosure in an article entitled: I am a homosexual, mum, coinciding with his 43rd birthday on 18 January. Homosexual acts are illegal in Kenya and many other African […]

France is to send 400 additional troops to the Central African Republic, raising its total deployment to 2,000.The French military has been working with 5,500 troops from African countries to end more than a year of deadly ethnic and sectarian violence. President Francois Hollande called on the United Nations to speed up the deployment of […]

A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew was presumed to have crashed off the Vietnamese coast on Saturday, and European officials said two people on board were using false identities. There were no reports of bad weather and no sign of why the Boeing 777-200ER would have vanished from radar screens about […]