Police in South Africa have launched a manhunt after a gang of 10 armed men opened fire at an informal settlement in Johannesburg, killing 12 people and...
Archive - June 2026
Doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched a nationwide strike over pay and poor working conditions, despite the country battling a dangerous...
The Nigerian government has introduced a strict new policy to regulate the award of honorary doctorates, banning recipients from using the title...
Armed men have raided a school in central Nigeria’s Kogi State, killing three people, including a vice-principal and a six-year-old child, police say. A...
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has ordered an immediate nationwide crackdown on vehicles operating without registration plates or...
Nigeria’s junior foreign minister, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, will on Thursday morning receive the first batch of hundreds of Nigerian nationals...
A prominent Nigerian policy group has urged the National Assembly to invoke the “doctrine of necessity” to fast-track the establishment of state...
A pro-government media group has strongly backed the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards to rescue abducted students and teachers in south-western Oyo State...
Nigerian army troops have repelled a raid by heavily armed criminal gangs on a community in the north-western state of Zamfara, killing one of the attackers...
A Somali referee set to make history at the World Cup says he was subjected to an 11-hour interrogation before being denied entry to the United States, despite...