Tanzania has cancelled its Independence Day celebrations on December 9, with funds instead being redirected to rebuild infrastructure damaged in recent election unrest. Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba announced the decision,...

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has arrived in Kebbi State to meet with Governor Nasir Idris and address officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force. His visit...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is attending the second and final day of the African Union-European Union (AU-EU) Summit in Luanda, Angola, where leaders are discussing migration, people mobility, and ways to...

The Nigerian Presidency has confirmed that the Department of State Services (DSS) and the military successfully negotiated the release of 38 worshippers abducted from a church in Eruku, Kwara State....

Terrorists raided Isapa community in Kwara State's Ekiti Local Government Area, abducting a pregnant woman, 10 children, and two nursing mothers. The attack occurred around 6 pm on November 24,...

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has announced a unilateral three-month humanitarian ceasefire, following international pressure, particularly from US President Donald Trump, to end the war that has plunged the country...

Nigeria's state oil company, NNPC Ltd, has reported a net profit of 5.4 trillion naira ($3.6 billion) in 2024, marking a 64% increase from the previous year. The company's Group...

Fernando Dias, the main opposition candidate in Guinea-Bissau's presidential election, has declared victory, claiming to have won more than 50% of the vote and avoiding a second round. Dias, 47,...

A former British soldier, Robert Purkiss, has been denied bail pending extradition proceedings over the murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru near a British army training camp in Kenya in 2012....

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has released the names of 265 students and teachers abducted from St Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of...