East-Africa
Cancer Survivor Fights to Reform Zambia’s Health System
After a six-year closure, Zambia’s radiotherapy and imaging facility has reopened, raising hopes for patients battling cancer. Yet survivor and advocate Karen…
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Nigeria
West-Africa
Nigeria Launches Manhunt After Mass Abductions in Niger State
President Bola Tinubu has ordered security agencies to track down armed kidnappers responsible for attacks on four villages in Niger State, where…
West-Africa
Nigeria Police Rescue 75 Kidnapping Victims in Kaduna State
Police in Nigeria have rescued 75 Fulani travellers—men, women and children—who were abducted from commercial buses in Kaduna State and held captive…
Somalia
Terrorists Kill and Kidnap Worshippers During Friday Prayers
Friday prayers turned deadly in two villages in central Nigeria’s Niger State after hundreds of Lakurawa militants attacked worshippers, killing and abducting…
West-Africa
Nigerian Kidnap Survivors Recount the ‘Hellfire’ They Endured
Frail women and children lay across hospital beds in Ilorin, their emaciated bodies bearing the scars of six months in captivity in…
West-Africa
U.S. Launches Initiative to Boost Africa’s Creative Industry
A year-long U.S. government initiative is seeking to help African creators—especially musicians—turn artistic work into lasting economic opportunity by improving intellectual property…
Southern-Africa
South Africa-Nigeria Citizenship Case Involving Adetshina Postponed to 2027
A legal dispute over the immigration status of former Miss South Africa finalist and Miss Universe Nigeria winner Chidimma Adetshina will remain…
West-Africa
Boat Capsizes in Nigeria’s Sokoto State, Killing Scores
At least 47 people have died after a boat carrying passengers to farmland capsized in a river in Sokoto State, northwestern Nigeria.…
World
At Least 50 People, Mostly Children, Drown After Overloaded Boat Capsizes in Nigeria
At least 50 people, most of them children, were killed when an overloaded boat overturned in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, witnesses said.…
West-Africa
At least 51 dead after boat sinks in the northwest
At least 51 people died Thursday when a boat sank in northwestern Nigeria’s Sokoto state, according to local accounts, while rescue crews…
West-Africa
Tinubu Orders Five-Year Plan to Address Nigeria’s Security Threats
President Bola Tinubu has launched a five-year planning effort to overhaul coordination among Nigeria’s defence, intelligence and security agencies, ordering the preparation…
