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Nigeria rescues schoolchildren, teachers abducted in Oyo, presidency says
At least 39 schoolchildren and six teachers kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state nearly two months ago have been rescued...
Read moreDetailsRussia and Sahel states deepen military ties as insurgent attacks persist
Russia and the West African countries making up the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso...
Read moreDetailsRussia is ready to help Mozambique fight ‘terrorist threat’, TASS cites Lavrov
Russia is ready to help Mozambique eliminate the "terrorist threat" it faces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday,...
Read moreDetailsSomalia peacekeeping mission at risk as US blocks UN support, sources say
The United States has said it will prevent the United Nations from supporting an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia...
Read moreDetailsInsurgents stage coordinated attacks on army positions across Mali
Insurgents staged attacks on army positions across Mali on Saturday, including in a northern town where government and Russian fighters...
Read moreDetailsKenyan police open fire at protest against reported abductions, witnesses say
Kenyan police opened fire at a protest in Nairobi against reported abductions on Tuesday, killing at least one person, two...
Read moreDetailsPuntland-Mogadishu tensions rise over arms‑smuggling claim
Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland region have accused the federal government in Mogadishu of smuggling weapons into the state to fuel...
Read moreDetailsBurkina Faso: Rights groups urge release of disappeared journalist
It has been two years since Serge Oulon, an investigative journalist and editor was taken from his home in Ougadougou,...
Read moreDetailsAttack kills 20 in Nigeria’s central Plateau attack
Police in Nigeria's central Plateau state said on Tuesday that 20 people had been killed in a weekend attack on...
Read moreDetailsGunfire erupts near airport in Niger’s capital
Gunfire erupted early on Thursday at the airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, residents told AFP, several months after a major jihadist...
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