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France to continue with fight against jihadists in Mali

France will be uncompromising in its fight against militant Islamists in Mali and the Sahel region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday during his...

Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite

Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb)  into the orbit,...

Fight against Boko Haram undermined by Military graft

Military corruption is weakening Nigeria's efforts to battle the Islamist insurgency of Boko Haram, the watchdog Transparency International said on Thursday. Its report underlines the...

New law to allow 25-year-olds to run for political office in Nigeria

Nigeria is in the process of altering portions of its current constitution to allow more young people to run for political office. The youngest age...

Another Chibok girl escapes from Boko Haram

Another Nigerian schoolgirl from the kidnapped group known as the "Chibok girls" has escaped from her captivity by Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, a presidential...

Three female suicide bombers kill two in Borno state

Three female suicide bombers killed two people and injured six others in an attack on a village in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, a police...

Ivory Coast soldiers accept deal to end mutiny

The leaders of a nationwide military mutiny in Ivory Coast have accepted a government proposal on bonus payments and agreed to return to barracks,...

Armed herdsmen kill 20 farmers in western Nigerian mosque

Nigerian herdsmen armed with guns killed 20 farmers and injured eight other people in a mosque in the western central Niger state this weekend,...

Heavy gunfire erupts in Ivory Coast’s two main cities

Heavy gunfire erupted on Monday in Ivory Coast's two largest cities of Abidjan and Bouake as the military said it pressed an operation to...

At least five people wounded at anti-mutiny march in Ivory Coast

At least five people were wounded by gunfire on Sunday during protests in Ivory Coast's second-biggest city, Bouake, against an army mutiny, according to...

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