Kidnapping in Nigeria: criminalising ransom payment isn’t working – families need support
Kidnapping for ransom has become a national security threat in Nigeria. How…
Niger’s authorities have picked about 1,400 boko haram followers
Nearly 1,400 followers of Nigeria’s notorious Boko Haram jihadist group have been intercepted fleeing into neibouring Niger following clashes with a rival…
WFP plans to reach 380,000 vulnerable people in conflict-hit Sudan
The World Food Program (WFP) announced on Tuesday that it plans to…
More than 100 confiscated motorcycles from suspected illegal fish transporters stuck at Uganda’s Army barracks
The Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) under the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF)…
More than 13,000 women, children have fled ”exaction” in Niger
Over 13,000 women and children have fled the islands of the Niger…
Nigeria’s immigration blames scarcity of passport booklets on CBN’s forex policy
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has blamed the scarcity of international passport…
Over 700,000 Sudanese flee their homesas fighting continues- IOM
More than 700 000 Sudanese have fled their homes as they try…
Police in Uganda vows to crackdown on Anti-Government protests
Several people have been rounded up in Ugandan cities of Wakiso and Kampala…
Second South Africa combat group arrives in Cabo Delgado
The first South African combat group to serve under Operation Vikela in…
Sudan’s envoy in South Sidan meets president Salva Kiir
Sudanese envoy in South Sudan, Dafallah al-Haj Ali arrived in Juba on…