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Five years ago, at just 17, P.Priime emerged as one of Nigeria’s youngest music producers, quickly grabbing headlines as he worked with Afrobeats heavyweights like Burna Boy and Rema.Now 23, P.Priime — born Peace Emmanuel Aderogba Oredope — has cemented his place as a leading creative force in Afrobeats, one of the world’s most influential …

P.Priime, Nigeria’s young leading Afrobeats producerTue, 18 Nov 2025 06:42:42 GMT Read More »

The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants could start lobbing mortars at their position.Roughly 1,000 Somali National Army (SNA) forces are holding Awdheegle, a strategic town roughly 35 miles (60 kilometres) outside the capital Mogadishu, with the help of an African Union contingent …

In Somalia, a shaky front line barely holds back the ‘dogs of war’Tue, 18 Nov 2025 05:08:37 GMT Read More »

Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya’s eastern Rift Valley.Such relocations are a last resort when human activities or climate change threaten the survival of wildlife or peaceful coexistence with humans, say conservationists.But …

‘Stranded, stressed’ giraffes in Kenya relocated as habitats encroachedTue, 18 Nov 2025 01:02:11 GMT Read More »

Nigeria is in talks with the United States following President Donald Trump’s threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country, Nigeria’s foreign minister told AFP on Monday.Trump said late last month he was naming Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) — a State Department designation for religious freedom …

Nigeria discussing security with US after Trump threatsMon, 17 Nov 2025 19:32:32 GMT Read More »

International Criminal Court prosecutors demanded on Monday that a Sudanese militia leader be jailed for life for crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war two decades ago.The court had found Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known by the nom de guerre of Ali Kushayb, guilty of committing multiple crimes against humanity and war crimes, …

ICC requests life term for Sudan ‘axe murderer’ militia chiefMon, 17 Nov 2025 18:29:27 GMT Read More »

Former Tuareg rebel and Malian diplomat Iyad Ag Ghaly has steered Al Qaeda’s Sahel branch JNIM since 2017, spreading its tentacles in the region and far beyond to Gulf countries. Previously known for his taste for Marlboro cigarettes as well as his closeness to Tinariwen musicians, according to the Wall Street Journal, he is now the …

Iyad Ag Ghaly: nomad who became Sahel’s top jihadist leaderMon, 17 Nov 2025 17:42:22 GMT Read More »

More than 22 million people, many of them children, could die preventable deaths by 2030 due to aid cuts by the United States and European countries, new research said Monday.The findings are an update of a study earlier this year that said President Donald Trump’s sweeping reductions in assistance, including the dismantling the US Agency …

Western aid cuts could cause 22.6 million deaths, researchers sayMon, 17 Nov 2025 17:04:16 GMT Read More »

South Africa said Monday the surprise arrival of 153 Palestinians on a plane last week indicated “a clear agenda to cleanse Palestinians” out of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.The group landed in Johannesburg on a chartered flight on Thursday without departure stamps from Israel in their passports. Reports said a shadowy organisation named Al-Majd …

S.Africa says ‘suspicious’ flights from Israel show ‘agenda to cleanse Palestinians’Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:45:55 GMT Read More »

Decades after Darfur was the scene of some of the 21st century’s worst atrocities, Sudanese exiles say the nightmare has returned as images of fresh bloodshed emerge from the region.For the diaspora watching from afar, alleged crimes in El-Fasher — the last army stronghold in Darfur before its fall to paramilitaries last month — mirror …

‘Killed without knowing why’: Sudanese exiles relive Darfur’s pastMon, 17 Nov 2025 11:52:17 GMT Read More »

Rugby chiefs on Monday officially launched the Nations Championship, a global competition featuring 12 of the strongest teams that will crown a winning nation and decide the sport’s dominant hemisphere.Organisers said the new biennial tournament signalled a “watershed moment for rugby union, years in the making” and would transform the two existing international playing windows, …

Rugby chiefs unveil ‘watershed’ Nations ChampionshipMon, 17 Nov 2025 10:24:31 GMT Read More »