Newscast - Africa

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says the Nigeria Government is not interested in naming and shaming sponsors of terrorism.
Adesina stated that the government would rather prosecute financiers of insurgency in court.
He says naming and shaming will not be the motive but bringing criminals to justice will be it.
He explained that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the National Intelligence Agency and other security agencies were working to get verifiable evidence against the suspects before their arraignment in court.

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has faulted the anti-open grazing policy adopted by some state governments in the country.
The governor believes the programme is not working adding that they are not just going with the crowd about Anti-Grazing law.
He says the northern governors have decided and that the current method of open grazing is old-fashioned, outdated, and cannot be sustained.

The Sokoto State government has shut down telecommunications networks in 14 of the 23 local government areas of the state.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Muhammad Bello says the order was in response to the situation of insecurity in the eastern flank of Sokoto State.
Bello stated that 13 of the local governments were initially affected by the Security Challenges Order approved on September 1.
He explained that the order led to the closure of some roads to motorists, suspension of animal trades, prohibition of transportation of cattle, as well as transportation of more than three persons on motorcycles and tricycles, among others.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in Lagos into law.
The governor assented to the bill at the Lagos House on Monday.
The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa commended his colleagues for their passion to see that the state continues to grow.
The Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, says the governors agreed on a deadline for the promulgation of anti-open grazing law among its member states.

The United Nations Security Council has urged Somalia’s feuding government leaders to resolve their disagreements through dialogue and give top priority to holding long-delayed national elections this year.
The body in a statement also called on the federal government and regional states to ensure that any political differences do not divert from united action against al-Shabab and other militant groups.
The text approved by all council members followed emergency consultations on Somalia’s worsening political crisis, which has raised regional and international concerns that elections could be threatened and the wider region could face further destabilisation.
Council members expressed deep concern about the ongoing disagreement within the Somali government and the negative impact on the electoral timetable and process.

A Taliban leader has urged action and help from the international community, including donor agencies, to help displaced Afghans ahead of the approaching winter.
The United Nations’ World Food Programme, says as famine and drought In recent days, Afghanistan may face an impending humanitarian crisis if aid and resources are not delivered to the country.
The Taliban’s minister for refugees, Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, says while thousands of people were internally displaced, there was now peace in Afghanistan and everyone could return home.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against interference from external forces in the region, as Australia shrugged off Beijing’s growing anger about its decision to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines, and promised to defend the rule of law in airspace and waters where China has staked hotly-contested claims.
Xi urged heads of state to absolutely resist external forces to interfere in countries in their region at any excuse and hold the future of our countries’ development and progress firmly in their hands.
China’s state-owned publication Global Times also described Australia as a pawn of the US and called it naive for financing America’s cold war gambit.

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to allow targeted sanctions to be imposed against individuals and groups perpetrating violence and impeding humanitarian aid in Ethiopia.
But it is the strongest warning yet from the US government against those committing rights abuses or blocking aid in Ethiopia.
President Biden also called on all parties to the conflict in the northern Tigray region to negotiate.
The US imposed sanctions against the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defence Forces last month, for his involvement in the Tigray conflict.

The Islamic State group says it carried out attacks committed up to two months ago in the Sahel - but failed to comment on the reported death of its regional leader there.
The group and its jihadist rival al-Qaeda are blamed for most attacks in the region, including the targeted killing of French aid workers in 2020.
The IS group's weekly newspaper, al-Naba, claimed attacks against the army and pro-army "militias" in Niger, against al-Qaeda rivals in Mali and Burkina Faso, and against spies in Mali - covering a period between early July and early September.
The group reiterated that such delays were caused by the security and technical circumstances affecting the mujahidin on the ground.

Burundian rebels say they launched an overnight attack on the airport in the commercial capital Bujumbura.
The RED-Tabara group said it fired mortars and fought the military for more than an hour.
Airport staff said they heard shelling and shooting but that air traffic was not disrupted.
A spokesman for Burundi's army said he was not aware of an attack.
The incident occurred hours before President Evariste Ndayishimiye was due to fly to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.