Africa
Kidnappers ‘release’ almost 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria
Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country’s northwest have been released, a state governor said ...Kidnappers release Nigerian schoolboys as search for 300 abducted girls continue
Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the northern state of ...Thousands flee Ethiopia violence, seek asylum in Sudan: UN
At least 7,000 people who fled escalating ethnic violence in western Ethiopia have sought asylum in neighboring Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency ...Italian envoy killed in DR Congo attack blamed on Rwandan Hutu rebels
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was among three people killed on Monday when a UN convoy was ambushed in ...Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills 7 people
A small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside Abuja airport after reporting engine failure on Sunday, killing all seven people ...Tensions rise between Somalia and UAE over delayed elections
Two days after violence related to Somalia’s delayed elections, the country’s foreign ministry has accused “external forces” for contributing to the problems. ...UN chief calls for all foreign forces to leave Libya
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for all foreign troops and mercenaries to leave war-torn Libya during a meeting with the country ...Guinea Ebola death toll rises to five
Five people have died of Ebola virus in Guinea, the health agency said on Monday, as the government and aid groups began ...Ethiopia closes camps housing Eritrean refugees in Tigray after reports of attacks
Two camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region housing Eritrean refugees have been shut and the occupants relocated, authorities said on Thursday, after the ...UN boosts food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray over starvation fears
The head of the World Food Programme has said he has reached a deal with Ethiopia to expand access for aid workers ...














