Sahel: Niger hit by devastating floods, nine killedF

Sahel: Niger hit by devastating floods, nine killedF

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Growing pressure on army Chief of Staff Tukur Buratai to resignF

Abuja, July 21, 2020 – Nigerian senators on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding military chiefs resign for failing to stem widespread insecurity. Africa’s most populous nation is struggling with a decade-long Islamist insurgency in the northeast and...

Egypt assembly gives Sisi permission to intervene in LibyaF

Egypt’s parliament on Monday greenlighted a possible deployment of troops beyond its borders, after President AbdelΒ  Fattah al-Sisi spoke of potential military operations in neighbouring Libya. Lawmakers unanimously approved “the deployment of members of...

Gunmen kill 18 wedding guests in Kaura, KadunaF

Kano, Nigeria, July 20, 2020 – Gunmen have killed 18 guests at a wedding in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, local officials said Monday, in the latest violence in the region. The gunmen on motorcycles stormed Kukum-Daji village in Kaura district late...

At least 23 Nigerian troops killed in ambush in Jibia, Katsina stateF

Kano, Nigeria, July 19, 2020 – At least 23 Nigerian troops were killed when they were ambushed by a gang of so-called “bandits” in a remote village in the northwest of the country, security sources said Sunday. The gang opened fire Saturday on the...
Libya’s businesses in ruinF

Libya’s businesses in ruinF

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Zamfara state offers cows for bandits to stop violenceF

Kano, Nigeria, July 17, 2020 – Authorities in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state have offered two cows for each gun surrendered to halt bloody attacks by criminal gangs, including cattle rustlers. Remote communities across the region have for years been...