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One day after jihadists stormed Kani-Bonzon village, in central Mali, military and administrative authorities were still establishing the human toll of the attack. If at least 13 people were confirmed dead, a local politician fears the toll could be as high as 20. Bereaved families gathered Friday (Feb. 24) for funeral prayers. A witness recalls the moment the insurgents arrived… Read More

All eyes are on Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In this polling station in Lagos, Saturday (Feb. 25), voters were optimistic the election would be transparent. “The general election is going to be a free and fair one considering what I’ve seen, I just came out to do the accreditation and people are coming out to do the same… Read More

Voting officially kicked off in Nigeria at 07:30 am GMT, Saturday (Feb. 25). Nearly 90 million people are eligible to cast a ballot to elect the country’s next president and choose their representatives in Parliament. The vote comes at a time when Africa’s most populous democracy grapples with a security crisis, a sluggish economy and cash and fuel shortages. Around… Read More

Tropical cyclone Freddy dumped “dangerous and exceptional rainfall levels” over Mozambique Friday (Feb. 24) as the storm continued to wreak havoc across southern Africa, the UN weather agency said. Freddy made landfall in the coastal town of Vilanculos with wind speeds of a hundred thirteen kilometers damaging trees and housing. Residents sheltered at a primary school, terrified. “It was a… Read More

Cameroon’s government has lashed out against international media coverage of the murder of a radio journalist last month in a case that has got the attention of much of the country. Government spokesman Rene Emmanuel Sadi said Arsène Salomon Mbani Zogo’s killing is now being used as a pretext to put the state of Cameroon itself on trial – and… Read More

As Nigerians prepare to head to the polls on Saturday, the city of Kano, the second largest city in Nigeria’s Muslim north might prove decisive in picking a winner. Here, more than a million people voted twice for Muhammadu Buhari hoping their lives could improve.  Shoe vendor Haruna Abubakar voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and again in 2019. Now… Read More

The 2020 Endsars protest saw thousands of Nigerian youths storm the street to protest against police brutality and extrajudicial killings. The protests across major Nigerian cities began on 4 October 2020 after a viral video showing Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) dragging two men from a hotel and shooting one of them outside. Days into the protest the SARS unit was… Read More

At least 13 civilians have been killed in an attack blamed on jihadists against their village in central Mali, local officials said on Friday. The attack on Kani-Bonzon on Thursday was not far from the border with northern Burkina Faso where at least 70 soldiers and a dozen others have been killed in less than a week in multiple attacks.… Read More

US First Lady Jill Biden has arrived in Kenya as the Horn of Africa region endures its worst drought in decades. The past five rainy seasons have all been poor and that’s led to millions of livestock dying as well as the destruction of many farmers’ crop harvests. And now climatologists say the next rainy season will be poor too.… Read More

Africa’s most populous country Nigeria has withdrawn 200-, 500- and 1000-naira notes from circulation following the redesign of the Nigerian currency. On 26 October, 2022, Nigeria’s Apex bank the central bank of Nigeria CBN announced the introduction of redesigned three high denomination of the naira notes into the country’s financial system. According to tthe CBN, the policy was designed to… Read More