World Mar 24 After weeks in captivity, some of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolchildren are freed At least 137 of nearly 300 Nigerian children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna were released on Sunday, the West African nation’s military said.
World Mar 10 Days after gunmen abduct hundreds of students in Nigeria, hope of finding them begins to fade The mass kidnapping in Kuriga was the third in northern Nigeria since last week; a group of gunmen abducted 15 children from a school in another northwestern state, Sokoto, before dawn Saturday, and a few days earlier 200 people, mostly…
World Mar 07 Gunmen abduct 287 students in northwestern Nigeria in latest school attack, headteacher says Locals told The Associated Press the assailants surrounded the government-owned school in Kaduna State's Kuriga town on Thursday morning just as the pupils were about to start the school day.
World Jan 28 Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa bloc over sanctions to reverse coups West African nations Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday. They accused the bloc of “inhumane” sanctions to reverse the coups in their nations.
World Jan 22 Blinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the U.S. as a key security and economic partner Blinken has begun a tour of four African countries, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the continent's key economic and security ally at times of regional and international crises. Blinken is visiting…
World Dec 26 At least 140 villagers killed as farmer-herder crisis in north-central Nigeria continues Nigerian officials and survivors say at least 140 people were killed by gunmen who attacked remote villages in north-central Nigeria's Plateau state in the latest of such mass killings this year blamed on the West African nation's farmer-herder crisis.
World Dec 05 Nigerian drone attack kills 85 civilians, raising urgent questions Nigeria’s military often conducts air raids as it fights the extremist violence and rebel attacks that have destabilized Nigeria’s north for more than a decade, often leaving civilian casualties in its wake.
World Nov 29 Rebels tied to Al-Qaida killed at least 40 civilians in Burkina Faso, UN says The militants in the attack on Sunday also wounded 42 people and set fire to three camps for internally displaced people.
World Nov 26 Sierra Leone under curfew after gunmen attack barracks, detention centers in capital Sierra Leone’s president declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military's main and largest barracks in the West African nation's capital and then overran detention centers, including a major prison.
World Nov 19 Sugar sees global price hike after crops in Asia hit by dry weather tied to El Nino Sugar worldwide is trading at the highest prices since 2011, mainly due to lower global supplies after unusually dry weather damaged harvests in India and Thailand, the world's second- and third-largest exporters.