African Affairs Network https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html NIGERIA: Three Abducted Kwara Church Worshippers Regain Freedom After 105 Days Main NIGERIA: Edo State INEC Deploys 10,000 Ad Hoc Staff For Local Government Election South Africa Dismisses Reports of Hugo Broos’ Exit as Bafana Coach VIDEO: Zambia’s Vice President Survives Helicopter Crash During Campaign FIFA Defends VAR Decisions in Argentina-Egypt Round of 16 Clash Rebels Attack Russian-Backed Convoy in Northern Mali Nigerian Senate Approves New Agency to Manage Recovered Crime Assets NIGERIA: SERAP Demands Immediate Release of Detained Journalist Zainab Sodiq Morocco Lose Saibari to Injury Ahead of France World Cup Quarter-Final Medical Lecturers Give Nigerian Government 21 Days to Act or Face Indefinite Strike NIGERIA: President Tinubu Inaugurates Committee to Draft State Police Implementation Bill NIGERIA: Super Eagles Defender Akpan Signs New Genk Deal Until 2030 NIGERIA: Edo State Police Announce Restrictions Ahead of Local Government Elections Karim Belhocine Emerges Favourite for Algeria Job as Chelle Talks Fade APM Demands Full Accounting of ₦20 Trillion Saved From Fuel Subsidy Removal Nigeria: Court Delays Ruling on EFCC Bid to Seize 57 Properties Linked to Ex-AGF Malami Senegal’s Constitutional Court Rejects Parliament’s Power Reform Troops Intercept Chadian Woman Smuggling Drugs and Alcohol to Terrorists in Borno Ghanaian Influencer “Abu Trica” Flown to US to Face $8M Romance Scam Charges Nigeria: Fubara Set to Present Rivers 2026 Budget to Assembly Today Amid Hopes of Truce Nigerian Government Moves to Adopt 112 as Nigeria’s Single Emergency Number NIGERIA: Court Admits Emefiele’s EFCC Statements in Alleged $4.5bn Fraud Trial NIGERIA: Miyetti Allah President Docked Over Alleged $2.63m Financial Crimes Police Hunt Father Suspected of Killing Wife and Two Daughters Before Fleeing UK for Zimbabwe ExxonMobil Pledges $1 Billion for Usan Oil Field Revamp in Nigeria Nigeria: SSS Detains Journalist Zainab Sodiq Over Drone, Sowore Alleges Plot to Sabotage Bail France Face Morocco as World Cup Quarter-Finals Get Underway Today Nigeria: Akpabio Says Opposition Will Claim Rigging If Tinubu Wins in 2027, Urges City Boy Movement to Mobilise NSC Hosts Team Nigeria Athletes Ahead of Commonwealth Games Nigeria: Ex-Port Harcourt Refinery Boss Faces 12-Count Money Laundering Charge Nigeria: Obi Accuses Tinubu Administration of Targeting Him and Frustrating His Livelihood NIGERIA: House of Reps Session Turns Rowdy Over Bid to Summon President Tinubu NIGERIA: Dangote Refinery Begins Free Petrol Delivery to Six States, FCT Nigeria: CBN Warns Businesses Rejecting Standard N100 Notes is Illegal and Will Attract Sanctions Nigeria: Plateau APC Youths Protest Alleged Imposition of Reps Candidate for PKK Constituency Egypt Demands FIFA Probe Over Controversial World Cup Defeat to Argentina Egypt Coach Hossam Hassan Alleges Unfair Officiating After World Cup Exit PFIPC Controversy: Adeyemi Pledges Cooperation With ICPC Investigation Egypt Receives Hero’s Welcome After Historic World Cup Campaign Uganda Judiciary Rejects Lawyers’ Move to Scrap ‘My Lord’ Court Titles Nigeria: Nasarawa Senator Ogoshi Onawo Dumps ADC for APM Less Than Two Weeks After Defecting Nigeria Makes History as First OPEC Country to Join IEA as Associate Member Zambia Votes in August as Hichilema Seeks Second Term FG Mourns Nigerian Medical Graduate Killed in Russian Airstrike in Ukraine Nigeria: First-Term APC Governors Gather in Kebbi to Strategize Ahead of 2027 Elections NIGERIA: NELFUND Disburses N1.5bn Student Loans to 6,129 Beneficiaries Egypt Inflation Forecast to Tick Up to 15.1% in June as Food Costs Rise Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa Signs Law Extending Presidency to 2030, Adds Parliamentary Election Clause NIGERIA: Court Remands Ex-CCT Chairman Danladi Umar in Kuje Prison