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Two dozen Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their boarding school last week in the country’s northwest have been released, the presidency announced Tuesday.Nigeria has suffered a string of abductions of schoolchildren since Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls in Chibok in the restive northeast in 2014, sparking an international outcry.”President Bola Tinubu has …

24 Nigerian girls freed after school kidnappingTue, 25 Nov 2025 20:22:43 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s army said Tuesday it repelled a paramilitary assault on a key southern city, as Washington urged both sides to accept a ceasefire proposal aimed at stemming one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.Since April 2023, the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in a brutal conflict that has killed tens …

Fresh clashes in Sudan as US presses for truceTue, 25 Nov 2025 17:08:27 GMT Read More »

European and African leaders committed to strengthening trade and better tackling irregular migration Tuesday, at the end of a summit aimed at boosting ties between the two continents.Two days of talks in the Angolan capital Luanda produced a wide-ranging declaration that nodded to Europe’s desire to secure critical minerals and Africa’s thirst for jobs and …

EU, Africa pledge to boost trade, tackle migration at summitTue, 25 Nov 2025 17:05:35 GMT Read More »

Gunmen have seized 10 women and children in the latest kidnapping to rock Nigeria, police said Tuesday, as parents of dozens of children taken from a Catholic school last week pleaded for their release.Police said the Monday night raid in the western state of Kwara targeted the village of Isapa, which neighbours another village where …

10 kidnapped as mass abductions shake NigeriaTue, 25 Nov 2025 15:48:22 GMT Read More »

Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak.Armed gangs seized more than 300 children from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s central-western Niger state, in a resurgence …

Parents of abducted Nigeria students plead for rescueTue, 25 Nov 2025 12:50:30 GMT Read More »

South Africa had India tottering at 27-2 after setting the hosts a mammoth target of 549 in the second Test on Tuesday, moving to the brink of a first series win in the country for 25 years.South Africa declared on 260-5 in the final session on day four in Guwahati after Tristan Stubbs made 94.World …

South Africa on brink of first Test series win in India since 2000Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:28:18 GMT Read More »

European leaders sought to put some meat on the bones of pledges to boost ties with Africa on Tuesday as an Angola summit with their African counterparts entered its final stage.Migration, trade, and cooperation on global issues are on the agenda of the second day of EU-African Union talks in Luanda, which were partially overshadowed …

EU, Africa talks hone in on closer ties in AngolaTue, 25 Nov 2025 12:16:19 GMT Read More »

Tristan Stubbs made 94 as South Africa declared their second innings on 260-5 to set India a record victory target of 549 and close in on a series win in the second Test on Tuesday.World Test champions South Africa lead the two-match series 1-0 and even a draw in Guwahati would seal their first series …

Stubbs hits 94 as South Africa set India mammoth 549 targetTue, 25 Nov 2025 09:33:58 GMT Read More »

India’s Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets but South Africa extended their lead to a formidable 395 as they closed in on a series win in the second Test on Tuesday.World Test champions South Africa lead the two-match series 1-0 and even a draw in Guwahati would seal a series victory, their first in India since …

Jadeja takes two but South Africa lead by 395 in India TestTue, 25 Nov 2025 05:53:14 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Monday announced a unilateral three-month ceasefire a day after the army dismissed a US truce proposal from international mediators.The RSF, which has been fighting Sudan’s regular army since April 2023, said it was declaring the ceasefire “in response to international efforts, including the initiative of US President Donald Trump …

Sudan’s RSF declares truce after army rejects US planMon, 24 Nov 2025 20:21:41 GMT Read More »