Gunmen kidnap university students in northwestern Nigeria
Gunmen kidnapped five female students from a university in the Nigerian northwestern state of Katsina on Wednesday, multiple media outlets
Nigeria’s unions suspend wage strike
Nigeria’s two largest unions- the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria(TUC) have indefinitely suspended a planned
Burkina Faso military leadership says thwarted attempted coup
Burkina Faso’s ruling military leadership said the country’s security and intelligence services thwarted a coup attempt on Tuesday. Without providing
Mali says will support Niger against foreign interference
Mali will rally behind Niger in the case of any potential foreign interference in Niamey’s affairs, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye
Guinea’s military leader tells UN To ‘Stop lecturing’ Africa
The head of Guinea’s military government Colonel Mamady Doumbouya defended the use of military intervention in politics during a UN
Côte d’Ivoire’s AFCON preparations hit by fears of harsh weather concerns
With about four months until the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) gets underway, the host nation Côte d’Ivoire is ramping
UN says working with Malian authorities to restore flights in Timbuktu
The United Nations is working with authorities in Mali to ensure the resumption of flights to Timbuktu, according to the
Senegalese Prime Minister Ba accepts nomination to run in February’s presidential elections
Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba has accepted the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition’s nomination to run in next year’s
AU condemns Mali attacks that killed at least 64 people
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned the September 7 terrorist attacks in Mali that
Andre Onana back in Cameroon squad for AFCON qualifier
Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana will once more play for the Indomitable Lions. Coach Rigobert Song named him in the squad