Islamic State-affiliated jihadists have killed three Nigerian soldiers and seized two military vehicles in an attack in violence-wracked northeastern Borno state, security sources and residents said on Monday. Fighters from…
Somalia has become the first country in the Horn of Africa to declare a locust infestation sweeping the region as a national emergency. The country’s Ministry of Agriculture said in…
Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists have killed 18 civilians in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, the governor of the Sahel region said. “The defence and security forces brought back the…
Nairobi – At least 20 people in Tanzania were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the country, officials said on Sunday. Government…
Seven people died in a fresh attack by the Mai-Mai militia on three police posts in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, where more than 60 people have been…
Countries across Africa are ramping up measures to prevent an outbreak of a new coronavirus that has killed more than 250 in China and spread into several Asian countries, and…
US President Donald Trump on Friday slapped immigration restrictions on citizens of six countries including Nigeria, in addition to the list of nations already targeted by his controversial travel ban.…
The UK sent its fellow Security Council members an amended draft resolution on Libya on Friday, calling for the withdrawal of mercenaries from the country, according to the text, seen…
Sierra Leone authorities are investigating after the ancient “Cotton Tree”, the historic symbol of the West African country’s capital Freetown, caught fire under mysterious circumstances, government officials said. Videos circulating…
