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Gunmen kidnapped 227 pupils and teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, officials said Friday, in the second brazen school abduction in a week.All of the 215 students taken from St Mary’s school in Niger state were girls, according to a spokesman for the Christian Association of Nigeria which added that 12 teachers were …

Over 220 pupils and teachers kidnapped from Nigerian schoolFri, 21 Nov 2025 21:51:29 GMT Read More »

Caramba Souare focuses on cleaning the car in front of him despite a din of surrounding festivities on the last day of presidential campaigning in Guinea-Bissau.Since leaving school, the 20-year-old has turned to washing cars to support himself and his parents.While he had once dreamed of becoming finance minister, a lack of opportunity and money …

Guinea-Bissau youth hope presidential vote brings better lifeFri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:11 GMT Read More »

Armed gang members kidnapped pupils and teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, officials said on Friday, the second such incident in less than a week.The latest abduction took place in Niger state.The nearby states of Katsina and Plateau have ordered all schools shut as a precautionary measure.The Catholic Church in the area said …

Pupils, teachers kidnapped from Catholic school in central NigeriaFri, 21 Nov 2025 19:41:15 GMT Read More »

Russian forces fighting in Mali have failed to break the country free from a stifling fuel blockade and attacks waged by suspected jihadists, as the wider Sahel region becomes further mired in conflict.After turning its back on former colonial power France, Mali’s junta government in 2021 pivoted to Russia and its notorious Wagner paramilitary group, …

What are Russian forces doing in Mali amid jihadist blocade?Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:35:41 GMT Read More »

Ireland captain Caelan Doris said Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series Test with world champions South Africa it is not an end of year friendly but a match with “a lot on the line”.The 27-year-old backrow forward’s form has improved like Ireland’s during the Autumn Tests — his rustiness understandable as he returned after a long lay-off …

Irish captain Doris says ‘a lot on the line’ in South Africa TestFri, 21 Nov 2025 16:13:25 GMT Read More »

Using long iron tongs, Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew Mathias pick a blazing pot from a fire and pour a thick golden liquid into a partly buried mould, using a centuries-old technique that still flourishes in Nigeria’s south.After a short cooling period, the mould is dug up and opened, revealing three small bronze heads fashioned …

Nigeria’s bronze artists cling to centuries-old techniquesFri, 21 Nov 2025 07:03:03 GMT Read More »

How ought a country cope with colossal debt? As Africa hosts its first G20 summit in Johannesburg on Saturday with debt among the top topics, Senegal is battling to secure a new aid programme from the IMF.The heavily indebted west African nation is aiming to ease its financial burden and restore its economic partners’ confidence …

Facing its debt head-on, Senegal seeks IMF agreementFri, 21 Nov 2025 06:55:32 GMT Read More »

Behind the civil war tearing Sudan apart for more than two years lie the country’s natural riches, with foreign powers vying for control of its gold, fertile farmland and coastline.Raging since April 2023, the conflict between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has escalated in recent weeks with the RSF’s capture …

Scramble for Sudan’s resources fuels brutal civil warFri, 21 Nov 2025 01:29:58 GMT Read More »

US energy giant ExxonMobil announced Thursday the resumption of its gas development project in Mozambique, which had been suspended for several years due to a jihadist insurgency.”We have lifted force majeure (FM) for the Rovuma LNG project in Area 4,” the company said in a statement, referring to a legal concept that is invoked to …

ExxonMobil relaunches natural gas project in MozambiqueThu, 20 Nov 2025 21:58:53 GMT Read More »

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday vehemently denied South Africa’s announcement that the United States was ending a boycott of this weekend’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, saying no US official would take part in talks.President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier Thursday described an 11th-hour about-turn by the Trump administration, which had relentlessly attacked South Africa over treatment …

US denies ending South Africa G20 boycottThu, 20 Nov 2025 20:33:01 GMT Read More »