Africa
Gunmen kidnap 15 students in dawn raid on Nigerian school
By Hamza Ibrahim Reuters Gunmen kidnapped at least 15 students from a school in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state in a dawn raid ...West Africa bloc lifts coup sanctions on Niger in a new push for dialogue to ...
BY CHINEDU ASADU AP West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS said Saturday that it is lifting travel and economic sanctions imposed on Niger ...G20 says two-state solution only answer to Israel-Palestinian conflict
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle Reuters Foreign ministers at the G20 group of nations meeting in Brazil were nearly unanimous in ...Dozens dead in Papua New Guinea tribal violence
Dozens of bloodied bodies have been found along a remote stretch of road in Papua New Guinea’s highlands, police said Monday, a ...Thousands homeless after DR Congo’s worst floods in sixty years
By Benoit Nyemba and Ange Adihe Kasongo Reuters In a makeshift camp for people displaced by floods in Democratic Republic of Congo, ...Senegal battles first major wave of unrest over vote delay
By Ngouda Dione and Cooper Inveen Reuters Clashes between security forces and protesters on Friday gripped Senegal’s capital and other cities, the ...West Africa bloc urges Burkina, Niger and Mali not to withdraw
By Camillus Eboh Reuters The West African regional bloc ECOWAS pushed junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali to reconsider their decision to ...Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, dies after cancer diagnosis
By Tim Cocks Reuters Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital early on Sunday, the presidency said, weeks after he was diagnosed ...Ethiopia extends state of emergency in Amhara
Ethiopia’s parliament on Friday extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency in the ...Sudan warring sides resume peace talks in Bahrain
By Khalid Abdelaziz Reuters Senior leaders from Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) met three times this month in ...