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Lawyers Call for Deep Reforms in Nigeria’s Justice System as Delays, Prison Overcrowding and Legislative Gaps Worsen
Nigeria’s legal community is renewing calls for far-reaching reforms to the country’s justice system as longstanding problems, including slow trials, overcrowded correctional facilities and outdated l...
I Was Hit With ₦100m Lawsuit for Speaking on Kwara Insecurity - Nigerian Singer Jaywon
Nigerian singer Jaywon has claimed he previously faced a ₦100m defamation lawsuit for raising concerns about insecurity in the same region where terrorists attacked a church in Eruku, Kwara State this...
University Lecturers Decry 15 Years of Stagnant Pay in Nigeria as ASUU Rejects Proposed Salary Increase
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities says the crisis facing the country’s higher education system has deepened as lecturers enter a fifteenth year without meaningful wage review. The union’s...
Gunmen Kill Three, Abduct Pastor and Worshippers on Attack in Kwara Church During Livestream
A church service in north central Nigeria turned deadly after gunmen stormed a worship gathering in Kwara State, killing three people and abducting the pastor and several congregants in an attack part...
25 Girls Kidnapped, Principal Killed in Attack on a School in Kebbi, Nigeria
A deadly attack on a girls’ school in northwestern Nigeria has left one principal dead and at least 25 students abducted, triggering national outrage and renewed scrutiny of the country’s deepening se...
South Africa Investigates Mysterious Arrival of 153 Palestinians on Johannesburg Flight
South Africa has launched an official investigation into the unexplained arrival of 153 Palestinian passengers who landed in Johannesburg without valid travel documents, triggering a tense twelve hour...
U.S. Lawmaker Slams Biden For Removing Nigeria From Religious Freedom Watch-list
Congresswoman Mace’s critique focuses on her assertion that Nigeria remains one of the “deadliest countries in the world for Christians” and that its removal from the CPC list undermines U.S. foreign-...
Father Confessed to Sleeping With His Three Daughters for Seven Years Arrested in Delta, Nigeria
Police in Delta State have arrested 54-year-old Edward Odega after he confessed to serially abusing his three daughters over a seven-year period, a case authorities describe as one of the most troubli...
UN Extends Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei as Tensions Between Sudan and South Sudan Persist
The United Nations Security Council has extended its peacekeeping mission in the disputed Abyei region for another year, underscoring the stalled political progress between Sudan and South Sudan. The ...
Whistleblowers Targeted with Violence After Exposing Illegal Profits in DRC Protected Lands
Environmental defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing a wave of brutal reprisals after uncovering unlawful profiteering inside the Mangrove Marine Park, one of the country’s most sens...
Somaliland Tightens Airspace Control and Rejects Somalia-Issued Visas Amid Escalating Tensions
Somaliland has announced it will no longer recognise visas or travel documents issued by Somalia, deepening a political standoff that continues to reshape movement and authority across the Horn of Afr...
Ndimande Brothers Formally Charged in Killing of South African Rapper AKA
Kiernan “AKA” Forbes’ murder case has taken a major step forward as two South African brothers, Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande, were officially charged in connection with the rapper’s high-profile assa...
Egypt Pushes New Ceasefire Effort as Foreign Minister Meets Sudan’s Military Leader in Port Sudan
Egypt has renewed its diplomatic push to help end Sudan’s devastating civil war, with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry meeting Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Port Sudan on Tuesday. The visit comes as th...
Egypt Pushes New Ceasefire Effort as Foreign Minister Meets Sudan’s Military Leader in Port Sudan
Egypt has renewed its diplomatic push to help end Sudan’s devastating civil war, with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry meeting Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Port Sudan on Tuesday. The visit comes as th...
Mali TikTok Influencer Killed After Posting Support for Military Rule
A popular Malian TikTok creator who publicly supported the country’s military authorities has been killed by armed men, according to officials in Bamako. The influencer, whose videos regularly praised...
WFP Warns of Severe Hunger Crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has sounded the alarm over a deepening hunger crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where years of conflict and mass displacement have pus...
Nigerian Court to Deliver Judgment in Nnamdi Kanu Terrorism Case on November 20
Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja has set November 20, 2025, as the date for judgment in the terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group ca...
Tanzania Arrests Senior Opposition Leader as Over 200 Face Treason Charges
Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, says its deputy secretary-general Amani Golugwa has been arrested, as authorities file treason charges against more than 200 party members and supporters, es...
Sudan’s RSF Agrees to U.S.-Backed Humanitarian Ceasefire After Capturing El-Fasher
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the powerful paramilitary group led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), has agreed to a U.S.-backed humanitarian ceasefire, marking the first sign of potential ...
Sudan’s Lifeline on the Brink: Community Kitchens Face Collapse Amid War and Famine
Across Sudan, the clatter of cooking pots has become the sound of survival. For two years, community kitchens run by volunteers have fed millions trapped in a civil war that has shattered the country’...
“Our Job Is Only Killing”: Inside Sudan’s RSF Massacre That Left 2,000 Dead
A new investigation by BBC Verify has uncovered chilling evidence of a mass killing of civilians in Sudan, allegedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - the powerful paramilitary group loc...
U.S. Draws Up Contingency Military Plans for Nigeria Amid Christian-Persecution Claims
⚠️ This report covers alleged contingency planning by the United States military following remarks from President Donald Trump. No formal order for military deployment or airstrikes has been conf...
Mass Killings Reported in El Fasher as RSF Seize Control of Darfur City
The disclosed capture of the Darfur city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has produced alarming reports of war crimes, mass executions of civilians and disappearances, after...
U.S. Threatens Military Intervention in Nigeria Over Alleged Christian Persecution
In a dramatic escalation of diplomatic rhetoric, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he has instructed the U.S. Department of Defense to prepare for possible military action in Nige...
UN Rights Office Raises Alarm Over Killings Amid Tanzania Election Protests
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed serious concern that at least 10 people were killed by security forces in post-election protests in Tanzania, ...
Nigeria Put On U.S. ‘Country of Particular Concern’ List Again, Trump Signals Possible Sanctions
The U.S. move to redesignate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” puts Africa’s largest economy back in Washington’s crosshairs over religious freedom violations, with sanctions suddenly on th...
South Africa Pushes Back As US Refugee Plan Prioritizes White Afrikaners
Pretoria has condemned a new US refugee policy that sharply cuts overall admissions and prioritizes white South African Afrikaners, a move Washington frames as protection from persecution. The d...
Sudan’s RSF Self-Arrest Claims: Accountability or PR in Darfur?
In the wake of reports that the RSF has arrested a handful of its fighters for alleged summary executions in El Fasher, the move is being presented as a sign of internal accountability. But observers ...
Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka says US Revoked his Visa
Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has announced that the United States revoked his visa, leaving him barred from travel to the U.S., a move he frames as symbolic rather than personally troub...