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

1 hour 59 min ago
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

10 hours 6 min ago
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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