State government says about 200 children were in the school when gunmen on motorbikes attacked. An armed gang abducted dozens of students from an Islamic school in the northcentral Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state government officials said. Some 200 children were at the school at the time of Sunday’s attack, the…
West African leaders suspended Mali from their regional bloc Sunday over a coup last week, Ghanaian President however believes Ecowas must remain resolute in supporting the people of Mali to find a peaceful resolution. “I urge your excellencies to remain resolute in supporting the people of Mali to find a peaceful solution and restore democra…
On Nigeria’s Children’s Day, we profile youngsters who are learning and working to support themselves and their families. At the end of a school day, at weekends and during holidays, many teenagers in Ibadan, Nigeria start work in shops and on work sites. With unemployment at 33 percent in Nigeria, according to the Nigerian Bureau of…
US president also calls for humanitarian access to Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region, and withdrawal of Eritrean and Amhara forces. United States President Joe Biden has called for a ceasefire and end to “large-scale human rights abuses” in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region, just days after the US imposed visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of furthering…
The Norwegian Refugee Council unveiled its annual index of the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world. The Norwegian Refugee Council unveiled its annual index of the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the world’s most neglected number of displaced people, according to a…
President’s visit to Kigali aimed at turning page from decades of diplomatic friction over France’s role in the 1994 genocide. French President Emmanuel Macron has travelled to Rwanda for a highly symbolic visit aimed at repairing relations between the two countries after decades of Rwandan accusations that France was complicit in the 1994 genocide. Macron…
Police vehicles patrolled the streets of Bamako, Mali’s capital on Tuesday in a show or state that mirrored the uncertain political developments in the west African nation. Earlier on in the day, former coup leader Assimi Goita fired the president and prime minister of the transitional government but promised to still hold new elections next year.…
Members of political parties and social activists in Bamako shared their take Tuesday on the televised announcement by the military revealing that colonel Assimi Goita is now in control of Mali. Adam Dicko, the executive director of AJCAD has the best for her beloved country at heart. ” So obviously this is a coup d’état, which changes…
Somalia’s foreign minister told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that an agreement has been reached between the federal government and regional states that will lead to long-delayed national elections. Mohamed Abdirizak said agreement on the three key issues to complete the deal was reached “in principle” Tuesday, culminating negotiations between the government and member states…
Mali’s transitional president and prime minister have resigned after they were arrested Monday by the military in what amounts to a second coup in nine months, an aide to the country’s ruling strongman and a member of an international mission said. “President Bah Ndaw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have resigned before the arbitrator,”…