Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have returned to school as the country continues to battle its largest Ebola outbreak on record, raising concerns among parents...
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — A high-level delegation from the West African bloc ECOWAS ended a mediation mission to Guinea-Bissau on Monday without achieving a breakthrough,...
ISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has criticized Guinea-Bissau’s recent military takeover, describing it as a “ceremonial coup” after soldiers appeared on...
PAPIRI, Niger State — Nigeria’s government is making “no meaningful effort” to rescue more than 250 children abducted from a Catholic boarding school in...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian military leaders met with President Bola Tinubu on Sunday after a series of kidnappings targeting schools and churches across the...
BANJUL, The Gambia — Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who is contesting the outcome of the October 12 presidential election, has fled to...
LUANDA, Angola — The seventh annual European Union–African Union summit opened in Angola on Monday under the theme “Promoting peace and prosperity through effective...
CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptians went to the polls on Monday in the second phase of parliamentary elections, covering 13 governorates including Cairo and Suez....
AFAR, Ethiopia — The long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia’s Afar region erupted on Sunday for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending...
MINNA, Nigeria — The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has confirmed that 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack...
MINNA, Nigeria — Nigeria is facing yet another wave of distressing school kidnappings after armed men attacked St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger...
ABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian court has sentenced Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment on seven terrorism-related charges, sparking sharp reactions from...
NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s president Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani announced this weekend that the country’s border with Benin will remain closed “as long as the...
Nigeria has once again been shaken by reports of mass school abductions. Just this week, attackers stormed St. Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State’s...
