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Authorities in northern Nigeria’s largest city have begun evacuating more than 5,000 street children seen as a “security threat” and a growing concern as an economic crisis forces more to fend for themselves.Sharia police, the Hisbah, have carried out midnight raids on motor parks, markets and street corners in the regional capital, Kano, since the …

Nigerian state launches mass evacuation of street childrenFri, 10 Jan 2025 13:26:48 GMT Read More »

An estimated 3.2 million children under the age of five are expected to face acute malnutrition this year in war-torn Sudan, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).”Of this number, around 772,000 children are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition,” Eva Hinds, UNICEF Sudan’s Head of Advocacy and Communication, told AFP late on …

UN says 3 million Sudan children facing acute malnutritionFri, 10 Jan 2025 12:47:46 GMT Read More »

Algeria is trying to humiliate France, France’s interior minister said on Friday, after several Algerian influencers were arrested for inciting violence in a growing crisis between Paris and its former colony.Four Algerian influencers supportive of Algerian authorities have been arrested in recent days over videos that are suspected of calling for violent acts in France.Meanwhile, …

Paris says Algeria ‘seeking to humiliate France’Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:06:02 GMT Read More »

Armed men tried to storm Chad’s presidential palace when President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside but 18 attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said Thursday.Deby denounced what he called an attempt to “crush” him as national television showed images of more than 10 armed men at the …

Chad says 20 killed in bid to storm presidential palaceThu, 09 Jan 2025 23:26:20 GMT Read More »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday pledged Beijing’s full support and military aid for the world’s poorest continent as he wrapped up his Africa tour in Nigeria.Wang began an Africa tour on January 6, visiting Namibia, the Republic of Congo and Chad before winding up his tour in Nigeria, where he held talks with …

Chinese foreign minister pledges military aid for AfricaThu, 09 Jan 2025 18:11:13 GMT Read More »

Two dozen armed men tried to storm into Chad’s presidential palace but 18 of the attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said Thursday.Heavy gunfire erupted near the presidential complex just before 8:00 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Wednesday in the centre of N’Djamena, the capital of the …

Chad says bid to storm into presidential palace foiled, 20 deadThu, 09 Jan 2025 16:36:54 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s main opposition leader returned from weeks of exile Thursday, insisting he won October’s presidential elections and welcomed by thousands of jubilant supporters, although  one person was killed as police tried to disperse the crowds.Several people were also wounded as police barred supporters from going to the international airport to meet Venancio Mondlane, who knelt …

Clashes as crowds welcome Mozambique opposition leader home from exileThu, 09 Jan 2025 16:05:23 GMT Read More »

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, on trial charged with accepting illegal campaign financing, told a court Thursday he had never accepted any money from the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.”You will never ever find a single euro, a single Libyan cent in my campaign” funds, Sarkozy told the Paris court.”I have always assumed my responsibilities …

Sarkozy tells court ‘not a cent’ of Libyan money in campaign fundsThu, 09 Jan 2025 14:28:29 GMT Read More »

Ivory Coast’s 83-year-old President Alassane Ouattara Thursday said he was “eager to continue serving” his country but had not yet decided if he will seek a fourth term in October.Ouattara has been at the helm of the world’s top cocoa producer since 2011, and had said he wanted to hand over leadership to a new generation.As …

I.Coast president says ‘eager to continue to serve’Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:30:30 GMT Read More »

Two dozen assailants armed with weapons and machetes launched an assault on Chad’s presidential palace which the government said was thwarted but the opposition cast doubt Thursday on the official account of events.Heavy gunfire erupted near the presidential complex just before 8:00 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Wednesday in the centre of N’Djamena, the …

Chad government says thwarted presidential palace assaultThu, 09 Jan 2025 12:36:37 GMT Read More »