UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for Sahel nations to put aside their differences to tackle mounting attacks by armed groups in an African region beset by humanitarian crisis.Attacks by Islamist militants and other armed groups are raging across the politically divided Sahel region, which has seen a number of coups in recent years, with juntas …
Rap icon Nicki Minaj praised Donald Trump’s stand on the persecution of religious minorities on Tuesday, calling for an end to faith-based persecution in Nigeria, which the government there denies.Minaj, of “Starships” and “Super Bass” fame, spoke out at an event hosted by the US embassy to the United Nations and thanked Trump “for prioritizing …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed Tuesday a G20-commissioned report proposing the sale of some of the IMF’s “hoard of gold” and a review of lending practices among measures to tackle Africa’s crippling debt.The proposals were included in an expert study commissioned for the first G20 summit in Africa which will bring around 20 heads …
Niger’s ruling General Abdourahamane Tiani has been criss-crossing the unstable country’s oft-poor highways in recent weeks, visiting regions hard-hit by the growing jihadist insurgency in an attempt to reassure fearful civilians.Since toppling democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum in a July 2023 coup, Tiani has been forced to contend with attacks from Islamist militants on multiple fronts. While …
Niger junta chief’s road trip bids to calm jihadist jittersTue, 18 Nov 2025 14:56:12 GMT Read More »
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal on Tuesday returned to France after a year-long imprisonment in Algeria that further strained troubled ties between Paris and its former colony, supporters and the French presidency said.Sansal, 81, travelled to France from Germany where he had been receiving medical treatment following his release last week brokered in talks between Algiers …
Novelist returns to France after imprisonment in AlgeriaTue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:14 GMT Read More »
The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, authorities in the west African nation said late on Monday. The move represents “the return of a huge part of Nigeria’s history,” Olugbile Holloway, the head of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) …
Boston museum returns two Benin Bronzes to NigeriaTue, 18 Nov 2025 09:29:55 GMT Read More »
An NGO said Tuesday it had filed a legal complaint against TotalEnergies, accusing the French energy multinational of “complicity in war crimes” at its gas site in Mozambique.The complaint by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), a German NGO, was filed on Monday with France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor, according to the proof …
TotalEnergies accused of Mozambique war crimes ‘complicity’Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:29:02 GMT Read More »
Five years ago, at just 17, P.Priime emerged as one of Nigeria’s youngest music producers, quickly grabbing headlines as he worked with Afrobeats heavyweights like Burna Boy and Rema.Now 23, P.Priime — born Peace Emmanuel Aderogba Oredope — has cemented his place as a leading creative force in Afrobeats, one of the world’s most influential …
P.Priime, Nigeria’s young leading Afrobeats producerTue, 18 Nov 2025 06:42:42 GMT Read More »
The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants could start lobbing mortars at their position.Roughly 1,000 Somali National Army (SNA) forces are holding Awdheegle, a strategic town roughly 35 miles (60 kilometres) outside the capital Mogadishu, with the help of an African Union contingent …
Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya’s eastern Rift Valley.Such relocations are a last resort when human activities or climate change threaten the survival of wildlife or peaceful coexistence with humans, say conservationists.But …
