The Nigeria mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, has described the degree of the ongoing looting and arson as unprecedented in the history of democracy in the country.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said over 42,761 people from sub-Saharan African made move to cross to Europe through the central Mediterranean route.

Protests which began over the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma have spiraled into general looting and rioting. 

Some Twitter users have taunted Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder and CEO, asking him to replicate the support he gave Nigeria’s #EndSARS protesters for #FixTheCountry protesters in Ghana.

South African Police Minister, Bheki Cele, on Tuesday said the number of people detained during the riots in South Africa has exceeded 750.

South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, will on Thursday begin a court-ordered prison sentence in spite of days of protests by his supporters.

Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflicts, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19 as between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020.

Four suspects have been killed and two others arrested after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, police said Wednesday evening.