West Africa

Criminal gang frees at least 30 kidnapped Nigerian students after four months

Abuja – Thirty students who were kidnapped by a criminal gang more than four months ago in northwest Nigeria... Read more

22 Oct, 2021

Bamako – Presumed jihadists have kidnapped five civilians in southern Mali, security sources and a local official told AFP on... Read more

21 Oct, 2021

Conakry – Radio journalists were on strike in Guinea on Wednesday, union officials said, protesting a “lack of attention” paid... Read more

21 Oct, 2021

Abuja – Nigeria’s government said on Wednesday that security forces “did not shoot” at peaceful protesters in Lagos last... Read more

20 Oct, 2021

Lagos – Nigerian youths held memorial protests in Lagos and Abuja on Wednesday, one year after security forces violently... Read more

20 Oct, 2021

Lagos – Nigerian helicopter gunships have killed more than 50 “bandits” during an operation in the restive northwest, regional... Read more

20 Oct, 2021

Abuja – One year after Nigerian security forces violently suppressed protests in Lagos, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that... Read more

19 Oct, 2021

Lagos – Monsurat Ojuade had just turned 18 when she was killed by a police officer, her sister Omolara... Read more

19 Oct, 2021

Abuja – Gunmen from a suspected criminal gang attacked a village market in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state, killing 43... Read more

19 Oct, 2021

Niamey – Jihadists attacked a police post overnight in Niger’s troubled frontier zone with Burkina Faso killing three policemen and... Read more

18 Oct, 2021