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Gunmen killed eight people and kidnapped 38 others in an attack on two churches in the northern state of Kaduna on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Kaduna state’s Commissioner of Internal Security Samuel Aruwan said an unknown number of criminals on motorcycles …

More than 130 civilians have been killed in central Mali in attacks attributed to Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists, local media reported. This tragedy is one of the country’s worst known massacres and the latest in an ongoing series of killings across the country. Local elected officials have reported scenes of systematic massacres …

Three former Nigeria football officials who were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday night have been freed, a police spokesperson has confirmed without giving details. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom before setting the trio – including a former secretary-general of the country’s football federation – free. Ahmed Sani Toro spent …

At least sixty political parties in Burkina Faso are demanding the full release of former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, overthrown by the military in January. The leaders of these political parties demand “the preservation of the physical and moral integrity” of President Kaboré. “We also undertake to always work …

The English language will replace the French language from the primary cycle in Algeria, the presidency announced in a press release on Sunday. This is the result of the work of the Council of Ministers which took place under the leadership of the Head of State, Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The decision …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Africa is “a hostage” of Russia’s war, during an address to the African Union (AU) on Monday “Africa is actually a hostage… of those who unleashed war against our state”, Mr Zelensky said during an address to the African Union. President Zelensky said his government …

The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, urged Western countries to continue their long-term support for Kyiv, particularly through the delivery of arms in the war between it and Russia. Mr Stoltenberg also recalled that the Ukrainians are the first to pay the price of war. The …

US billionaire Elon Musk and two of his companies, Tesla and Space X, are facing a $258 billion lawsuit after an investor complained in court about an alleged scam he allegedly suffered. In the lawsuit filed in lower Manhattan federal court on Thursday, June 16, plaintiff Keith Johnson accuses car …

Three people died and two others injured after an attack by gunmen on two churches in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, local media reported. The state’s Commissioner of Internal Security Samuel Aruwan said an unknown number of criminals on motorcycles entered four villages in co-ordinated attacks robbing people and later targeted …

Two people died and six others injured when suspected militants opened fire on a bus in southwestern Rwanda, Reuters reported, citing a police source. Saturday’s attack, which killed the bus driver and a passenger, was carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN), the armed wing of the anti-government Movement …