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Retired Nigerian General Dies in Captivity Weeks After Kidnapping
Retired Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar, a former Nigerian military spokesman who was kidnapped by armed bandits in Katsina state last month, has died while...
Retired Nigerian General and Wife Kidnapped in Katsina State
A retired senior Nigerian military officer and his wife have been kidnapped by armed men in north-west Nigeria, the army has confirmed.
Maj Gen Rabe...
Ebola Patients Flee After Attacks on Congo Health Facilities Disrupt Response
Doctors on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing increasing difficulties as they deal with shortages...
Sierra Leone Becomes Latest African Nation to Accept US Deportees
Sierra Leone has become the latest African country to receive migrants deported from the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s intensified crackdown...
Trump Says Top ISIS Leader Killed in Joint US-Nigeria Strike
U.S. President Donald Trump said American and Nigerian forces killed a senior Islamic State leader during a joint counterterrorism mission in northeastern Nigeria, describing...
Ghana to Evacuate 300 Citizens From South Africa Over Protests
Ghana says it will evacuate about 300 of its citizens from South Africa following growing concerns over anti-immigrant protests and reports of harassment targeting...
Niger Suspends Nine French Media Outlets as Press Freedom Groups Condemn...
Authorities in Niger have suspended nine French media organizations, accusing them of threatening public order and national security in the latest crackdown on foreign...