Countries Nigeria’s largest pool of voters divided before election Maiduguri – Abacha Muyam and Babakura Alhaji Isa, friends from Bama in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, both... Read more 19 Nov, 2022
Countries Nigeria dismisses security risk after embassy warnings Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held an emergency meeting with security chiefs, who played down any... Read more 1 Nov, 2022
Countries Nigeria heightens security after US & UK ‘terror’ warning Abuja – Nigeria on Friday said it had beefed up security and called for the public to be vigilant... Read more 29 Oct, 2022
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