Tag: Africa

Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction

A group of 24 Nigerian girls who were abducted from their boarding…

Nollywood actor Odira Nwobu dies in South Africa aged 43

Nigerian actor, content creator and influencer Odira Nwobu has died in South…

Hunting down those who kill people to sell their body parts for ‘magic charms’

With many families left traumatised by killings apparently linked to supposed magic…

Tyson Conteh Tyson Conteh

Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria

Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school…

Nigeria sees one of worst mass abductions as 315 taken from school

More than 300 children and staff are now thought to have been…

Will Trump’s no-show eclipse South Africa’s G20 moment?

When it assumed the presidency of the G20 last year, South Africa…

Mayeni Jones Mayeni Jones

Pupils abducted from Catholic school in fresh Nigeria attack

An unknown number of pupils have been abducted by armed men from…

Chris Ewokor & Wycliffe Muia Chris Ewokor & Wycliffe Muia

South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests

South Africa has declared violence against women a national disaster following an…

Nigerian separatist leader sentenced to life for terrorism

A court in Nigeria has found separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu guilty of…

Mansur Abubakar Mansur Abubakar

Kenyan authorities paid trolls to threaten Gen Z protesters, Amnesty says

The Kenyan authorities paid a network of trolls to threaten and intimidate…

Akisa Wandera Akisa Wandera