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Gunmen have released 15 more students who were abducted from their high school in northern Nigeria last month, authorities said Sunday. The kidnappers are believed to still be holding 65 others taken from the school. The students were released Saturday night, said John Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna state, whose son attends the school where… Read More

Last updated: 19/08 – 17:51 Masks were almost nowhere to be seen Thursday as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronged the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala for the Shiite commemoration of Ashura, ignoring Covid fears. Pilgrims numbers were down on the millions who attended before the pandemic took hold, and there were only a few pilgrims from outside Iraq, most… Read More

Aid packages were handed out on Saturday to displaced families camping at a soccer field in the Haitian city of Les Cayes following last week’s devastating earthquake. The parcels containing food and sanitary items were distributed to those left homeless in the aftermath of the 7.2-magnitude quake. Footage showed scuffles among the anxious crowd at the Gabion field to get… Read More

The Gambia declared a “public health emergency” on Wednesday after two cases of poliovirus were found in environmental sewage samples. A new sampling policy was put in place in the Gambia in May, with the support of the World Health Organization. “Two samples taken from sewers in Banjul and Kotu (a tourist town near Banjul) were positive for poliovirus,” said… Read More

The imprisoned former South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma through his legal representatives has claimed that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) benefited from the controversial arms deal. Zuma’s legal representatives wrote to the ruling party requesting to be furnished with the party’s financial statements. The former leader claims the statements will clearly prove his innocence that he did not benefit… Read More

Flash floods affected the area of Keur Massar in the outskirts of the Senegalese capital, Dakar in the past week. A heavy downpour has led overflow of tributaries affecting locale families. Hundreds of families have abandoned their homes following a heavy downpour. Malang Sambou is one of the affected people who have lost almost everything. “We live this situation with… Read More

Bullet holes scar the minaret of the Sufi mosque in Libya’s Zliten, but followers of the Muslim mystical tradition are working to renovate and preserve their heritage. A handful of students sit cross-legged on the floor of the mosque in the Asmariya zawiya, transcribing on wooden tablets as their teacher chants Koranic verses. Elsewhere in the complex, named for its… Read More

DR Congo is mourning the death of Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza, one of the co-founders of the ruling party UDPS who died on Saturday according to his party. Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza died after a “short illness” in Angola, where he was hospitalized, according to a statement released by the secretary-general of the National Union of Congolese Federalists Mukalay Lama.… Read More

At the busy taxi stand near Soweto’s Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, a health worker with a megaphone called out to commuters, calling them to come and get a COVID-19 vaccination. Olekantse Serati was one of the dozens of people who decided to get jabs on Friday. “It is a good thing that they’ve brought the vaccines to us here at… Read More

Chad announced on Saturday that it will half the number of troops deployed in February to the G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force in the “three borders zone” of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, citing “a strategic redeployment”. “We have redeployed 600 men to Chad in agreement with the G5 Sahel forces. This is a strategic redeployment to best adapt to the… Read More