South Africa: Two school staff shot dead inside Tembisa Primary School/in /by
Authorities in South Africa are investigating the fatal shooting of a school principal and an administrative staff member at Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa.
Search intensifies for abducted Nigerian girls as gunmen attack church/in /by
President Bola Tinubu calls for swift action to return the schoolgirls to safety.
Embalo aims for historic re-election as Guinea-Bissau grapples with turmoil/in /by
Umaro Sissoco Embaló is pushing to make history this month by becoming Guinea-Bissau’s first sitting president in 30 years to win re-election.
Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts return home but security threats remain/in /by
The 28,000 ancient texts returned to Timbuktu in August after 13 years away.
Nine former Bongo aides found guilty of corruption, money laundering and embezzlement/in /by
Gabon’s Specialized Criminal Court slaps nine of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo former aides with sentences ranging between two to fifteen years for embezzlement of public funds, corruption, and money laundering.
Volunteers help clean the polluted Jukskei River “prone” to flash floods/in /by
In South Africa’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that's designed to trap garbage but damaged by heavy rains.
United Nations urges immediate release of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls/in /by
More than 20 girls were kidnapped from a school in the town of Maga in the north-western Kebbi State on Monday.
INTERPOL operation targets terror and crime in West Africa, dozens arrested/in /by
A major INTERPOL operation in West Africa has resulted in 62 arrests and the seizure of weapons, explosives, drugs, counterfeit medicines, and stolen vehicles.
Football: Morocco extend record run of victories in match against Uganda/in /by
It beat them 4-0 in a friendly international in Tangier on Tuesday bringing its successive wins to 18.
UN chief calls terrorism in the Sahel a ‘growing global threat’, urges cooperation/in /by
The Sahel accounts for over half of all global terrorism deaths, according to the Global Terrorism Index.