Countries Nigeria boosts security as US embassy evacuates families Abuja – Nigeria’s police force said it was beefing up security as the United States ordered diplomats’ families to... Read more 29 Oct, 2022
Countries Nigeria calls for calm after US, UK warn of ‘terror’ threat Abuja – Western embassies in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Monday advised their citizens in the country to limit their... Read more 25 Oct, 2022
Countries Notorious Johannesburg arsonist arrested after terrorising suburbs for two years Johannesburg – A suspect accused of multiple cases of arson, murder, and burglary in the East and North parts... Read more 12 Oct, 2022
Countries South Sudan should disarm civilians – the evidence shows this improves security Mark Deng, The University of Queensland A long-running state of insecurity has recently intensified in Unity State – one... Read more 27 Sep, 2022
Countries Togo extends state of emergency in troubled north Lome – Togo on Tuesday extended a state of emergency for six months in its northern Savanes region, officials... Read more 7 Sep, 2022
Burkina Faso Burkina junta chief stands by handover pledge in key trip Abidjan – Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, visiting Ivory Coast on a key foreign trip, on Monday... Read more 6 Sep, 2022
Countries South Africa needs stronger security in place to stop the sabotage of its power supply Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, University of Canberra and Dries Putter, Stellenbosch University South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently outlined plans... Read more 4 Aug, 2022
Countries Nigeria’s army orders reshuffle as insecurity grows Lagos – Nigeria’s military command has ordered a major reshuffle of senior officers, an army statement said on Friday,... Read more 29 Jul, 2022
Home Macron vows to support West Africa against ‘terrorism’ Bissau – President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pledged to continue to back West African states in their battle against... Read more 29 Jul, 2022
Countries Nigeria’s spiralling insecurity: five essential reads Adejuwon Soyinka, The Conversation In recent times, security – or, more accurately, the lack of it – has been... Read more 18 Jul, 2022