Civilians continue to flee from attacks in Togo

Civilians in Kpendjal district, northern Togo are seeking refuge in nearby cities, after a suspected terrorist attack that has killed at least 25 people according to sources.

In Nigeria, a Catholic priest who was abducted alongside his colleague by gunmen in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna has been shot dead by his captors. The late Reverend Father John Mark Chetnum, was a chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN.

Plus, Police in Malawi have used tear gas to disperse a protest staged by a group called the Human Rights Ambassadors, in the Capital Lilongwe. They’re protesting against what they call “selective justice” by the government in dealing with corrupt officials.

Also on the programme, we meet Jaredo, an afrobeat’s artist from Liberia who’s been making his country proud for a couple of years now. He cleaned the boards at the MTN Liberia music awards in 2018. He speaks to This Is Africa’s DJ Edu on been ready to take on the world.

Photo: Citizens in a market area in Lome, Togo on December 29, 2020. Credit: Getty