Africa

33+ min ago   (324+ words) The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged President Bola Tinubu to intensify efforts to rescue about 80 schoolchildren and teachers reportedly held captive by terrorists in Borno State for nearly six months. The group said the prolonged captivity…...

39+ min ago   (311+ words) No fewer than 22 people, including security personnel, have been reportedly killed by suspected terrorists who ambushed traders travelling under Nigerian Army escort to a weekly market in Zamfara State. The attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday, October 11, 2026, along…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (406+ words) THE Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take immediate action to rescue about 80 schoolchildren and teachers reportedly held captive by terrorists in Borno State for nearly six months. The association said the…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (351+ words) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a session of the Ethiopian Parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. (Ethiopian Prime Minster’s Office via AP) Ethiopian Airlines resumed flights to the city of Mekelle on Sunday for the first time…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1542+ words) Home » News » Tigray » Getachew Reda Declares Tigray War Over, Says Federal Command Post to Remain for Six Months Getachew Reda, Ethiopia’s prime ministerial adviser on East African affairs, has declared that the latest war in Tigray has ended, saying the…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (228+ words) BREAKING: Russia strikes Kyiv after Trump’s ceasefire declaration — Zelensky Omoyele Sowore, activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has refused to obey the Department of State Services (DSS) order to delete a social media post where…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (241+ words) CAMP AKA, Luuk, Sulu — The Philippine Army’s 1102nd Infantry “Ganarul” Brigade shifted its core mission from heavy combat to safeguarding the fragile peacebuilding conditions and fortifying civil governance across the second district of Sulu, a military official announced on Sunday. Brig....

2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (899+ words) Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, the rebel leader of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CRP) operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has reaffirmed a ceasefire following a meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe. Lubanga announced the decision…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (267+ words) MOGADISHU — A new escalation in Mogadishu’s land crisis emerged this week after Garad Abukar Mohamed publicly warned Banadir Regional Police Commissioner Mahdi Omar Muumin, known as Moalim Mahdi, that if he does not rebuild the houses he demolished, the garad…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (311+ words) MOGADISHU — Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) issued a rare public statement on Saturday accusing armed militias loyal to former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of attacking its forces in Mogadishu, capping days of escalating tensions that now threaten to…...