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Zimbabwe Adds Its Name to a Growing List of African Countries Including Benin, Chad, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon and Egypt That Have Extended Presidential Terms
Zimbabwe’s lower house of parliament has passed a bill extending presidential terms from five to seven years, a move that would allow 83-year-old...
MSF Fires 18 Staff After Sexual Abuse Scandal Involving Sudanese Refugees
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders, known internationally by its French acronym MSF, has fired 18 staff members following an internal investigation into allegations...
Three Years of Tinubu, Manufacturers Say Policies Have Not Delivered Industrial Growth
Three years after President Bola Tinubu assumed office, Nigeria’s manufacturers have delivered a sobering verdict: the ambitious reforms have yet to translate into...
INEC in Disgrace as Officials Hand Death Certificates to Voter Registrants
A disturbing administrative blunder at a local office of the Independent National Electoral Commission has plunged the nation into fresh outrage, exposing yet...
Five Dead, Dozens Hospitalised as Cholera Hits Mangu LGA in Plateau
A deadly cholera outbreak has struck Mangu Local Government Area in Nigeria’s Plateau State, claiming five lives and infecting 53 residents across three...
Borno State Government Reintegrates 720 Murderers, Kidnappers, and Rapists Disguised as Repentant Insurgents
The Borno State Government has reintegrated 720 men who have spent years kidnapping, killing, raping, and burning villages across the northeast, releasing them...
More Than 200 Cameroonian Soldiers Enter Danare Community in Cross River as Locals Demand Government Action
Fear has gripped residents of the Danare community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State after more than 200 heavily armed...
Tinubu moves to Waste N10 Billion of Ebola Funds While the Country Watches Another Emergency Cash Disappear
President Bola Tinubu has approved the release of N10 billion as an emergency fund tied to an Ebola preparedness plan, and Nigerians say...
The 2026 World Cup Is Becoming a Cruel Joke, Thanks to U.S. Border Policy
The United States’ co‑hosting of the 2026 FIFA World Cup has descended into a diplomatic and humanitarian crisis, as a cascade of travel...
Mali Military Places 2 Billion CFA Bounty on Top Jihadist Leader Iyad Ag Ghaly
Mali’s military has placed a massive bounty on the head of Iyad Ag Ghaly, the leader of a notorious jihadist group, in a...
The West’s Quiet Grip on Africa’s Ballot Box
A video from election day in Nigeria showed polling stations opening hours late. Another clip from Zimbabwe showed ballot papers running out while...
Bandits Abduct Seven Students in Zamfara, One Escapes
Suspected bandits have abducted seven students of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, after invading their off‑campus residence on the outskirts of the Low‑Cost...