Countries Nigeria sends troops to rescue more than 250 kidnapped students Kano — Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by... Read more 9 Mar
Countries Gunmen kidnap more than 280 from Nigerian school Kano — Gunmen have kidnapped more than 280 pupils during a raid on a school in northwest Nigeria, a... Read more 8 Mar
Countries Land grab underlines housing crisis ahead of South Africa poll Bloemfontein — A violent stand-off between local residents and squatters that invaded a field outside Bloemfontein starkly underlines the... Read more 7 Mar
Countries Two South African soldiers killed on DRC mission Johannesburg – Two South African soldiers have been killed in a mortar strike in the Democratic Republic of Congo,... Read more 15 Feb
World Five killed in clashes with police in Haiti amid protests Port-Au-Prince – Five agents of an environmental protection body were killed in clashes with police near the Haitian capital... Read more 8 Feb
Countries African Union troops complete new phase of Somalia pullout plan Nairobi — The African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab jihadists are waging an insurgency, said on Friday... Read more 3 Feb
Countries Nine killed in fresh attacks in central Nigeria Jos — At least nine people have been killed in central Nigeria just weeks after a flare-up in intercommunal... Read more 19 Jan
Countries Nigerian Christians rally over Christmas massacres Jos – Several thousand Christians rallied in the north central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday to protest over... Read more 8 Jan
World Bomb kills five police from Pakistan polio protection team Peshawar – A roadside bomb killed at least five police officers deployed to protect polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan... Read more 8 Jan
Countries ‘Our village was attacked’ – Jihadists kill 3 in northeastern Mozambique Maputo – A jihadist attack on a village in northern Mozambique has left three people dead and dozens of... Read more 6 Jan