Sudan has initiated a shutdown of the Heglig oil facility following drone attacks blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The facility, located along Sudan's southern border, houses the...

Benin's ruling coalition has nominated Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni as its candidate for the April 2026 presidential election. The Progressive Union for Renewal and the Republican Bloc made the joint...

Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has boycotted the start of his treason trial, accusing the presiding judge, Emmanuel Baguma, of bias. Besigye's lawyer, Eron Kiiza, stated that the judge's decision...

Dr. Sidi Ould Tah has been sworn in as the ninth President of the African Development Bank Group in a ceremony held at the Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire in Abidjan,...

A prominent businessman, Alhaji Sani Sabo, was killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. The incident occurred around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, with the...

Mrs. Grace Adayilo, the pioneer and first female Head of Civil Service of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has died. She reportedly passed away in the early hours of Monday,...

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has dissolved his cabinet, effective immediately, and directed Permanent Secretaries to take over the affairs of the ministries pending the inauguration of new commissioners....

A Finnish court has sentenced Simon Ekpa, a prominent Biafran separatist leader, to six years in prison for terrorism-related crimes. Ekpa, who resides in Finland and previously served as a...

A woman identified as Amaye was brutally lynched and set ablaze by a mob in Kasuwan-Garba town, Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria, over alleged blasphemous remarks against...

Seven civilians were killed and 71 others injured in artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in western Sudan. Local...