Countries Aid slowly reaches Nigerian flood victims Ahoada – Along a highway engulfed by dark waters, Nigeria residents load dozens of boats full of food to... Read more 24 Oct, 2022
Cameroon Five priests, nun freed in anglophone Cameroon Douala – Nine hostages, including five Catholic priests and a nun, have been freed more than a month after... Read more 24 Oct, 2022
Countries Suspected jihadist attack kills 11 in Niger, local sources say Niamey – A suspected jihadist attack on three lorries and a motorcycle in western Niger near the border with... Read more 23 Oct, 2022
Countries At least 200 killed in fighting in Sudan’s south: new toll Khartoum – At least 200 people were killed in two days of ethnic clashes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile... Read more 23 Oct, 2022
Countries Almost 200 dead as Niger floods toll rises Niamey – Flooding caused by torrential rain in Niger has left 195 people dead and affected more than 322... Read more 23 Oct, 2022
Countries Displaced by flooding, Nigerians in desperate need of help Ahoada – It was pitch black when the waters came, forcing mother Fortune Lawrence and her eight children to... Read more 23 Oct, 2022
Countries Guinea junta agrees return to civilian rule in 2 years Conakry – Guinea’s ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years, after facing sanctions over its... Read more 22 Oct, 2022
Chad Chad’s leader visits part of capital hit by violent protests N’Djamena – Chad’s military ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday visited a hospital and a protest-hit district of N’Djamena,... Read more 22 Oct, 2022
Countries Nigeria government appeals ruling on separatist leader: lawyer Abuja – Nigerian state prosecutors have appealed a court ruling to discharge a separatist leader who had been facing... Read more 22 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso Burkina coup leader says country in ‘danger’ as he takes office Ouagadougou – Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, became interim president... Read more 22 Oct, 2022