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Armed men abducted 317 students on Friday and a rescue operation is underway, police in northwestern Nigeria said of the country's latest mass kidnapping. "The Zamfara State Police Command, in cooperation with the military, has launched a joint rescue operation to rescue the 317 students abducted by the armed bandits of the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe," police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said in a statement. "Unknown armed men came shooting sporadically and abducted the girls,"…

Libya's new caretaker government will pay special attention to bilateral relations with Turkey during the new term, the country's caretaker prime minister said in a statement on Thursday. "Our ties with Turkey will be different. It is our economic partner and we support this partnership," Abdul Hamid Dbeibah told a news conference in the capital Tripoli. He also emphasized Libya's commitment to the maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya in November 2019. Dbeibah previously said that Libya would…

Eighty-four parliamentarians from Tobruk and Tripoli announced on Wednesday that they will give the new Libyan interim government and its soon-to-be-formed government of national unity their confidence "without restrictions or conditions." "We, the undersigned representatives, call on our colleagues to hold a session to give the National Unity Government confidence," they wrote in a statement. The statement was issued a day after a meeting was held in Tripoli to determine the location of the session.…

The storm in February is unforgivable and violently shakes humanitarian rescue ships as they try to revive a faulty engine and rescue African migrants drifting in the Mediterranean after fleeing Libya on unsafe boats. Not only must the brave 70 km / h winds and 4 meter (13 foot) waves, but also win the race against the Libyan Coast Guard, which has been trained and equipped by Europe to keep migrants away from its shores. In recent days, Libyans had already countered eight rescue attempts by the Open…

Tottenham are very interested in England compatriots Dean Henderson and Nick Pope if current goalkeeper Hugo Lloris leaves the club in the summer.But Spurs are not the only side linked to Henderson, who has had to settle for a back-up role since returning to parent club Manchester United this season, with Borussia Dortmund also considering the talented 23-year-old. .Henderson usually plays second fiddle to David de Gea | Jonathan Moscrop / Getty ImagesLloris has been with Spurs since 2012 and has been club captain in north…

Ghana received the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX on Wednesday, a global scheme to obtain and distribute free vaccinations as the world competes to contain the pandemic. COVAX, launched in April last year to ensure a fairer distribution of coronavirus vaccines between rich and poor countries, said it would deliver 2 billion doses to its members by the end of the year. "We are pleased that Ghana has become the first country to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility," said the…

Kenya is battling some of the worst grasshoppers in decades, but start The Bug Picture hopes to turn pests into profits and give "hope to the hopeless" who ...

Since Manchester City decided they could not care less about a Premier League title race and instead just chose to run away with it, the most important point of conversation at the top of the table has been the race for the top four.As Everton and Aston Villa still hold at least one match in hand over each side above them, the battle for Champions League qualification is much more open than you might think.With this in mind, we have looked at each side in with a call to make the top four, analyze their remaining matches and…

An Italian Carabinieri unit is expected in Congo on Tuesday to investigate the murder of the Italian ambassador to Congo, a Carabinieri officer and their driver in the country's troubled east. Congolese authorities and members of the UN mission in Congo are also expected in Goma, in eastern Congo, to investigate the killings. Luca Attanasio, the Congolese ambassador since 2017, Carabinieri officer Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Moustapha Milambo were killed in an ambush on Monday as their world…

Rwanda's Hutu rebels on Tuesday denied allegations that they were behind the assassination of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and instead accused the armies of the DRC and Rwanda. Luca Attanasio died of his wounds on Monday after a convoy of the World Food Program (WFP) came under fire near the eastern city of Goma while on a field trip, according to a senior diplomatic source in Kinshasa and WFP. The Italian government confirmed the death, saying an Italian police…