Africa
Gunmen kidnap more than 100 in attack on villages in northwest Nigeria
By Ahmed Kingimi Reuters More than 100 people were kidnapped by gunmen during Friday night raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria, ...Floods kill at least 20 in Kenya’s Mai Mahiu area, schools shut
At least 20 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya’s Mai Mahiu area, Citizen Television reported on Monday, citing police. ...Police fire tear gas to disperse Benin wage protest
By Pulcherie Adjoha Reuters Police in Benin fired tear gas to break up a protest over the cost of living called by ...Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens
Kenya’s military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa over ...UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in ‘extreme, immediate danger’
Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody intercommunal strife ...Donors raise more than 2 billion euros for Sudan aid a year into war
By Elizabeth Pineau and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters Donors pledged more than 2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) for war-torn Sudan at a conference ...Somali pirates say hijacked ship MV Abdullah released after $5 million ransom was paid
By Abdiqani Hassani Reuters Somali pirates released a hijacked ship, MV Abdullah, and its crew of 23 early on Sunday after a ...Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
By Ngouda Dione Reuters Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people ...Sierra Leone declares national emergency on drug abuse
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has declared a national emergency on substance abuse following calls on his government to crack down ...Somalia expels Ethiopian envoy amid naval base dispute
By Giulia Paravicini Reuters Somalia said on Thursday it was expelling Ethiopia’s ambassador, closing two Ethiopian consulates and recalling its own ambassador ...
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