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Nigeria blames jihadist groups for wave of kidnappings but others accuse criminal gangs

Sat, 11/29/2025 - 10:34
Analysts instead blame criminal gangs for the kidnapping of more than 250 schoolchildren last week.

How Trump's pledge to tackle Sudan atrocities could play out

Sat, 11/29/2025 - 02:28
The war is being fuelled by regional powers and the US president may have some leverage over them.

Guinea-Bissau coup was a sham, West African political figures say

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 23:20
Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

Daughter of Zambia's unburied ex-president loses seat as MP

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 17:33
Zambia's government is accused of 'hypocrisy' as fallout from ex-president's death deepens.

Tunisia hands prison terms to dozens of opposition figures

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 16:03
The defendants were accused of attempting a coup - but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.

Ex-president's daughter resigns over allegations she duped South Africans to fight for Russia

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 14:54
Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.

'Zaire president killed my grandad and targeted my dad' - TKV's family story

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 08:31
Heavyweight Jeamie TKV and his father share a most fascinating family story shaped by poisoning, plots and presidents.

'Zaire president killed my grandad and targeted my dad' - TKV's family story

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 08:31
Heavyweight Jeamie TKV and his father share a most fascinating family story shaped by poisoning, plots and presidents.

Guinea-Bissau president flees to Senegal after coup

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 08:29
Sissoco Embaló has arrived in Senegal "safe and sound" on a chartered military plane, authorities say.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

The kidnap gangs, jihadists and separatists wreaking havoc in Nigeria

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 01:42
The country faces many deadly security challenges, leaving the army and police severely overstretched.
Categories: Africa, Afrique

The kidnap gangs, jihadists and separatists wreaking havoc in Nigeria

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 01:42
The country faces many deadly security challenges, leaving the army and police severely overstretched.
Categories: Africa, Afrique

General named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup

Thu, 11/27/2025 - 16:07
Gen Horta N’Tam is sworn in during a ceremony at the army headquarters.
Categories: Africa, Afrique

South Africa hits back after Trump says US won't invite it for G20 next year

Thu, 11/27/2025 - 15:24
The US boycotted the G20 summit in Johannesburg over widely discredited claims of persecution of the white minority.
Categories: Africa, Afrique

Police investigate theft of four dogs from Malawi presidential palace

Thu, 11/27/2025 - 11:35
Police search ex-President Chakwera's residence after a suspect said the dogs were being kept there.
Categories: Africa, Afrique

Stone-throwing anger unnerves Zambia's 'fix-it' president

Thu, 11/27/2025 - 01:03
After 2021's landslide win, Hakainde Hichilema has nine months to convince voters he deserves a second term.

Stone-hurling anger unnerves Zambia's 'fix-it' president

Thu, 11/27/2025 - 01:03
After 2021's landslide win, Hakainde Hichilema has nine months to convince voters he deserves a second term.
Categories: Africa, Afrique

Guinea-Bissau soldiers say they have taken power after reports of president's arrest

Wed, 11/26/2025 - 17:44
The military takeover comes as the West African nation was awaiting the results of Sunday's election.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction

Wed, 11/26/2025 - 14:56
Nigerian officials dispute reports that some 250 children remain missing after another mass school kidnap.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

India suffer heaviest defeat as SA complete series sweep

Wed, 11/26/2025 - 09:39
South Africa hand India their heaviest defeat by runs to complete a compelling 2-0 series sweep in Guwahati on Wednesday.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

Russian mercenaries accused of cold-blooded killings in Mali - BBC speaks to eyewitnesses

Wed, 11/26/2025 - 01:37
Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.

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