Africa
Nigeria deploys army to Kwara state after deadly mass shootings
By Muhammad Tanko Shittu AFP Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deployed an army battalion to a troubled state after gunmen killed as ...Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina attacks
By TUNDE OMOLEHIN and DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN, Associated Press Armed extremists killed at least 162 people during attacks on two villages in western ...Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, reportedly shot dead
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of late Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi, was killed on Tuesday, his political office has said. Saif al-Islam ...Over 200 feared killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DR Congo
More than 200 people have been reported killed in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the ...Burkina Faso’s junta dissolves all of country’s political parties, saying they cause divisions
Burkina Faso’s military junta has dissolved all the political parties in the country and scrapped the laws governing them, according to a decree ...Sustained gunfire, loud blasts heard in Niger’s capital
Sustained gunfire and loud blasts were heard early on Thursday near Niamey International Airport in Niger, according to a Reuters witness. The ...Sudan’s army says it breaks siege of southern city, survivors recount hunger and death
By Eltayeb Siddig Reuters Sudan’s army says it has broken a long siege of the southern city of al-Dalanj by RSF paramilitary ...Islamic State‑linked militants kill 22 in eastern Congo
By Ange Kasongo Reuters Islamic State‑linked militants killed at least 22 civilians in a village in eastern Congo’s Ituri Province early on ...Army returns to strategic east Congo town after rebel withdrawal
Congolese soldiers and combatants from a pro-government militia have re-entered the eastern town of Uvira, residents said on Monday, just over a ...Uganda’s opposition leader ‘taken by army’ as Museveni nears re-election
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was forcibly taken away in an army helicopter from his home on Friday, his party said, a ...














