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Just over a week after the United States launched strikes targeting militants in Nigeria on Christmas Day, a roadside bomb ripped through an armoured troop carrier, killing at least eight Nigerian soldiers.Then, days ahead of a high-profile US-Nigeria security meeting in Abuja last week, armed gangs kidnapped more than 170 churchgoers in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna …

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Nigeria’s military will try several officers over an alleged plan to oust President Bola Tinubu last year, it said Monday, acknowledging a plot the government had initially denied.In October, the military said 16 officers had been arrested over “issues of indiscipline”.Despite official denials, sources across the Nigerian government and military had told AFP they were …

Nigerian military officers to face trial over 2025 coup plotMon, 26 Jan 2026 19:16:20 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s military said Monday it will try several officers over an alleged plan to oust President Bola Tinubu last year, acknowledging a plot the government had initially denied.In October, the military said 16 officers had been arrested over “issues of indiscipline”. Despite official denials, sources across the Nigerian government and military had told AFP they were …

Nigerian military says will try officers over 2025 coup plotMon, 26 Jan 2026 17:36:28 GMT Read More »

A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people will be charged over a further 52 deaths at another village, prosecutors said Monday.In a case that made global headlines when it came to light in 2023, hundreds of people died in what became known as the “Shakahola …

Kenya starvation cult preacher to be charged over 52 more deathsMon, 26 Jan 2026 14:12:53 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia declared the end of an outbreak of Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.It was the first recorded outbreak of the virus in Ethiopia, and had claimed nine lives from 14 cases since first detected in mid-November in the town of Jinka, about 430 …

Ethiopia declares end of Marburg outbreakMon, 26 Jan 2026 13:30:44 GMT Read More »

The corruption trial in London of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Nigerian oil minister and the first woman president of OPEC, had its start delayed Monday for legal and technical reasons, lawyers said.The 65-year-old faces five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, related to her time as Nigeria’s Minister for …

Ex-OPEC president’s corruption trial sees start delayedMon, 26 Jan 2026 12:43:13 GMT Read More »

Laurent Kone’s wattle-and-daub house, with its tarpaulin roof and no electricity, lies down a bumpy red-earth track in western Ivory Coast.For 30 years, he has been growing cocoa and is typical of the smallholders who have been the backbone in making the west African country the world’s leading producer of the crop.But the country currently …

Ivory Coast cocoa growers rue ‘curse of brown gold’Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:39:50 GMT Read More »

The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, Africom’s deputy commander told AFP, as part of a broader American push to work with African militaries to go after Islamic State-linked militants.The Pentagon has also kept open lines of communication with militaries in the junta-led Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and …

US military working with Nigeria as part of wider Islamic State pivotMon, 26 Jan 2026 05:33:33 GMT Read More »

Abdoulaye Fall, the president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), on Sunday criticised Morocco and the Confederation of African Football one week after the controversial end to the Africa Cup of Nations.Senegal beat hosts Morocco 1-0 after extra time in the final, after some players briefly walked off when the hosts were awarded a penalty …

Senegal football boss says host Morocco acted badly at AFCONSun, 25 Jan 2026 21:07:42 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s Pape Gueye opened up about his team’s walk off at the Africa Cup of Nations final and Morocco’s subsequent missed penalty in an interview on French television on Sunday.Gueye scored the winning goal as Senegal edged Morocco 1-0 in extra time in a controversial game in Rabat last week.Morocco were awarded a late penalty …

Senegal goal hero admits AFCON final walk-off was ‘a mistake’Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:50:53 GMT Read More »