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Nigeria suffered its second mass school abduction this week with authorities confirming an attack on a Catholic school in the conflict-battered northern region of the country on Friday.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The European Union imposed sanctions on a top leader of Sudan’s paramilitary group over “grave and ongoing atrocities” by his forces in the more than two-year war with the Sudanese army,Sourced from Africanews Read More

He also briefly addressed the church investigation into Spanish Bishop Rafael Zornoza, who faces allegations of sexual abuse dating back nearly three decades. The bishop denies the accusations and is cooperating with the canonical probe while undergoing cancer treatment.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Authourities in Nigeria’s Kwara State have shut down all schools across Ifelodun, Ekiti, Irepodun, Isin and Oke Ero following new security threats in the area.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Authorities in South Africa are investigating the fatal shooting of a school principal and an administrative staff member at Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa.Sourced from Africanews Read More

A major INTERPOL operation in West Africa has resulted in 62 arrests and the seizure of weapons, explosives, drugs, counterfeit medicines, and stolen vehicles.Sourced from Africanews Read More

In South Africa’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that’s designed to trap garbage but damaged by heavy rains.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed tens of millions of people across the continent.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province said Monday that they had captured and executed a Nigerian brigadier general, a claim Nigeria’s Army has denied.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Officials say this is because of evidence that proceeds from the illegal supply from mines is being used to fund armed groups in the region.Sourced from Africanews Read More