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Niger’s ruling General Abdourahamane Tiani has been criss-crossing the unstable country’s oft-poor highways in recent weeks, visiting regions hard-hit by the growing jihadist insurgency in an attempt to reassure fearful civilians.Since toppling democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum in a July 2023 coup, Tiani has been forced to contend with attacks from Islamist militants on multiple fronts. While …

Niger junta chief’s road trip bids to calm jihadist jittersTue, 18 Nov 2025 14:56:12 GMT Read More »

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal on Tuesday returned to France after a year-long imprisonment in Algeria that further strained troubled ties between Paris and its former colony, supporters and the French presidency said.Sansal, 81, travelled to France from Germany where he had been receiving medical treatment following his release last week brokered in talks between Algiers …

Novelist returns to France after imprisonment in AlgeriaTue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:14 GMT Read More »

The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, authorities in the west African nation said late on Monday. The move represents “the return of a huge part of Nigeria’s history,” Olugbile Holloway, the head of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) …

Boston museum returns two Benin Bronzes to NigeriaTue, 18 Nov 2025 09:29:55 GMT Read More »

An NGO said Tuesday it had filed a legal complaint against TotalEnergies, accusing the French energy multinational of “complicity in war crimes” at its gas site in Mozambique.The complaint by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), a German NGO, was filed on Monday with France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor, according to the proof …

TotalEnergies accused of Mozambique war crimes ‘complicity’Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:29:02 GMT Read More »

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 »