The United Nations estimates that over 2,000 pregnant women have fled El-Fasher since the Rapid Support Forces seized the city in late October.

Earlier this month, the US leader said he would send troops into the country if Abuja did not protect the religious community.

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Macron will visit Mauritius, South Africa, Gabon and Angola for both bilateral meetings and multilateral summits.

President Bola Tinubu calls for swift action to return the schoolgirls to safety.

Umaro Sissoco Embaló is pushing to make history this month by becoming Guinea-Bissau’s first sitting president in 30 years to win re-election.

The 28,000 ancient texts returned to Timbuktu in August after 13 years away.

Gabon’s Specialized Criminal Court slaps nine of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo former aides with sentences ranging between two to fifteen years for embezzlement of public funds, corruption, and money laundering.

In South Africa’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that’s designed to trap garbage but damaged by heavy rains.

More than 20 girls were kidnapped from a school in the town of Maga in the north-western Kebbi State on Monday.

A major INTERPOL operation in West Africa has resulted in 62 arrests and the seizure of weapons, explosives, drugs, counterfeit medicines, and stolen vehicles.

It beat them 4-0 in a friendly international in Tangier on Tuesday bringing its successive wins to 18.

The Sahel accounts for over half of all global terrorism deaths, according to the Global Terrorism Index.

Nearly 477,000 children in Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica are still facing major disruptions in their education, three weeks after Hurricane Melissa slammed the Caribbean.

US Republican lawmakers say 100,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since 2009, a figure that is likely inflated.

Member of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Salah al-Din Adam Tur, inspected shelters for displaced people from el-Fasher in the city of al-Dabbah in the Northern State on Monday.

Curaçao secured a 0-0 draw against Jamaica on Tuesday, making it the smallest nation by population to qualify for a World Cup. They will be joined by CONCACAF teams Panama and Haiti, which also secured spots.

Parents of the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria are anxiously waiting for any word on their children’s release. Many are still in shock after hearing the heartbreaking news early Monday morning.

She said the protests had tarnished the country’s image and reduced its chances of getting international loans.

Details of the agreement with the Trump administration have not been disclosed, and the government faces court action from lawyers who claim it is unconstitutional.

The hip hop mogul is under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in connection with allegations of sexual assault dating from 2020.

A solemn farewell ceremony was held at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport for Joshua Loitu Mollel, the 21-year-old Tanzanian hostage whose remains were returned from Gaza earlier this month. Mollel had arrived at Kibbutz Nahal Oz just 19 days before the October 7, 2023 attack.

Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed tens of millions of people across the continent.

The UN Security Council has approved the US plan for Gaza, marking a major diplomatic victory for Washington. The vote endorses President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan, which lays out a framework for halting hostilities and rebuilding Gaza.

Officials say this is because of evidence that proceeds from the illegal supply from mines is being used to fund armed groups in the region.

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Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province said Monday that they had captured and executed a Nigerian brigadier general, a claim Nigeria’s Army has denied.

Rainfall levels across Iran have been 85 per cent below average, depleting dams and causing taps to run dry.

Un Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said food “has become a weapon.”

South Africa’s Matt Smith is set to make history at the 2026 Winter Olympics as the nation’s first cross-country skier in over a decade.

One of 25 schoolgirls abducted from a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state has escaped captivity and returned home.

The Trump administration has announced a new fast-track system to help international fans enter the United States for next year’s World Cup.

The legal dispute between Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé escalated on Monday, with both sides making colossal financial demands.

Kidnappers in the past have included the Boko Haram insurgency that carried out the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls over a decade ago, bringing the extremist group to global attention. But groups of bandits are also active.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed her daughter and son-in-law to key government positions.

“The UN is a ship that was not built to stay in the harbor,” UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said Monday, urging a dramatic expansion of UN presence in Sudan as violence intensifies in Darfur.

Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, abducting 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staff member, in a tragic incident that has left communities and families devastated.

Three additional fatalities are being investigated for a possible connection to the disease.

The attack took place before dawn on Monday. Gunmen also killed the school’s vice principal.

A coalition of 13 countries has announced new taxes on luxury air travel, applying to private jets as well as business and first-class tickets. Most of the members are from the Global South.