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The recent wave of kidnappings plaguing Nigeria is just the latest bout of security crises to hit Africa’s most populous country, which the government says it is fully committed to address.In just a week, assailants kidnapped 25 schoolgirls, 38 worshippers, 315 school children and teachers, 13 young women and girls walking near a farm, and …

How Nigeria is handling the kidnappings, security crisisWed, 26 Nov 2025 17:19:23 GMT Read More »

At the Iddo bus station in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, passengers like Rasheedat Eniola say they travel with knots in their stomach. The 29-year-old nurse is headed to the state of Kano to attend her sister’s graduation, but the series of kidnappings that have hit the north of the country turn each trip into a test …

Nigerian bus passengers travel with fear of kidnappingsWed, 26 Nov 2025 17:16:26 GMT Read More »

Soldiers took control of the main road leading to Guinea-Bissau’s presidential palace Wednesday after heavy gunshots rang out, as the poverty-stricken west African country awaits results of a vote claimed by both major presidential candidates.The soldiers, drawn from the presidential guard and an elite gendarmerie unit, controlled the deserted area as calm returned and shooting …

Soldiers deployed near G.Bissau presidential palace after gunfireWed, 26 Nov 2025 14:37:26 GMT Read More »

Skipper Temba Bavuma said his South Africa team had written their names in history after romping to a 2-0 Test whitewash in India on Wednesday.The world champions thrashed the hosts by 408 runs in the second match in Guwahati for their first series win on Indian soil since 2000 and only second ever.Asked to compare …

Bavuma relishes history and memories in 2-0 Test sweep of IndiaWed, 26 Nov 2025 10:28:29 GMT Read More »

Spinner Simon Harmer took six wickets as South Africa thrashed India by 408 runs in the second Test on Wednesday to sweep the series and condemn the hosts to a record loss.It was South Africa’s first series win in India in 25 years, after bowling the home team out for a dismal 140 in a …

South Africa condemn India to biggest Test loss for series sweepWed, 26 Nov 2025 08:04:28 GMT Read More »

The Kimwenza Valley is a vital source of food for residents of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but its farmers need help to meet their ballooning needs.They are constricted on the one hand by construction that is transforming fields into concrete jungles, and on the other, by impoverished soils and competition from …

DRC farmers seek to feed Kinshasa, despite multiple obstaclesWed, 26 Nov 2025 08:03:40 GMT Read More »

Simon Harmer took four wickets to leave India foundering at 90-5 and put South Africa on the cusp of a 2-0 Test whitewash on day five of the second match on Wednesday.World Test champions South Africa lead the two-match series 1-0 and even a draw would seal their first series victory in India since 2000.But …

India 90-5 to put South Africa on cusp of 2-0 Test sweepWed, 26 Nov 2025 05:52:54 GMT Read More »

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 »