African Affairs Network https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Main 2026 Ballon d’Or: Mbappe, Dembele, Messi Lead Men’s Nominees As Ronaldo Missing NIGERIA: Benue Commissioner Accuses Peter Obi of Ignoring State Protocol Nigerian Government Automates Academic Certificate Verification, Ends Physical Visits Three African Goalkeepers Nominated For 2026 Yashin Trophy Kenyan Government Gives Foreign Traders Ninety Days to Regularise Status United Nations Condemns Attack on Migrant Facility in Libya Champions League Begins Today With Real Madrid-Inter, Man City-Porto Blockbusters Nigerians in UK Protest Delays, Poor Organisation at Passport Exercise Super Falcons Midfielder Ruled Out For NWSL Season Kenya to Register Undocumented Burundians Amid Crackdown FIFA Suspends NFF Election, Begins Review of Federation Crisis Nigeria: FIFA and CAF to Send Delegation to Abuja Over NFF Shake-up, Suspend September Elections Super Eagles to Face Russia in October Friendly Senator Buba’s Senior Aide Quits, Cites Disrespect and Broken Communication Amid Banditry Allegations Nigeria: Former South Senatorial District Senator Dies at 62 Nigeria: (VIDEO) Thugs Block Peter Obi’s Convoy on Benue Road Gambia Protesters Burn Tyres and Clash With Police Over Days-Long Blackouts Ahead of Election Kenya Opens Registration Drive for Burundians as Deadline Hits Foreign Street Traders NIGERIA: Makinde Rejects Fuel Subsidy Return, Proposes Cheaper Crude For Local Refineries Nigeria: Gov Lawal Names Aminu Atiku 21st Emir of Zurmi Following Late Monarch’s Passing Dangote: Refinery IPO Will Give Ordinary Nigerians Stake in Facility Nigerian Government to Begin Kara Bridge Repairs September 8 Dangote Sets 2028 Target to Make Nigerian Refinery the World’s Largest D’Tigress Suffer Heavy Defeat to France, Exit World Cup Burundians Flee Kenya as Ruto Sets Deadline for Unregistered Migrant Traders NSCDC Rescues 15 Nasarawa Minors Trafficked by Man Posing as NGO Official (VIDEO) 2027 Build-Up: Peter Obi Shows Up for Makinde’s Abuja Campaign Office Launch BREAKING: Dangote Refinery IPO Opens at N5,250 Nigeria: Plateau Shuts All Schools as Diphtheria Outbreak Kills 23 in Two Weeks NIGERIA: Bauchi Senator Buba Denies Alleged Links to Bandits BREAKING: National Open University Bursar Shot Dead While Returning From Gusau 25 Killed in Cabo Verde Bus Crash, Mostly Schoolchildren on Fogo Island BASKETBALL: D’Tigress Battle France For Pride After World Cup Exit Falconets Face Spain in Tough U-20 Women’s World Cup Opener Today Nigeria: JAMB Publishes 2026 UTME Results for Underage Candidates, Sets 320 Score Bar for Exceptional Admission Ebonyi PDP Tells Gov Nwifuru: Apologise for “Threat” Comments or Step Down Libya Arrests Five Over Drone Attacks on Oil Facility Niger Accuses France of Backing Mutinous Attack on Niamey Military Base Tunisian Judge Orders Detention of Journalist Mohamed Yousfi After Arrest Outside Radio Station Cape Verde Declares Two Days of Mourning After Bus Crash Kills 25 Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan Loses Husband Hafidh Ameir Hassan Nigeria: Akpabio Defends Tinubu’s Reforms as ‘Surgical’ Fix, Urges Northern Youths to Lead Now Nigeria: 23 Terrorists Killed in Fresh Boko Haram-ISWAP Clash Inside Sambisa Forest Naira Hits Two-Year High of N1,315/$ as FX Reserves Climb to $54bn Uganda Receives Body of King Oyo, World’s Youngest Monarch, as Succession Dispute Emerges BASKETBALL: D’Tigress Lose to South Korea in World Cup Opener Boko Haram Targets APC Governorship Candidate’s Convoy with Landmine in Borno Nigeria: FG Announces Two-Week Closure Of First Niger Bridge Three Americans Evacuated After Suspected Insurgent Attack on Mozambique Wildlife Camp