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Blacklisted by ECOWAS, Mali is struggling to find cash to honor its contracts with the private Russian company Wagner, several sources said. Some indiscretions said the Malian government must pay 10 million dollars per month to the Wagner group. The government has thus requested several loans from various institutions in …

Nigeria’s police cyber-crime unit has arrested a 37-year-old Nigerian man alleged to be the head of a transnational cyber-crime syndicate. The syndicate launched mass phishing campaigns and business email compromise schemes targeting companies and individual victims, according to a statement by Interpol. The suspect was arrested at Murtala Mohammed International …

Gunmen abducted two Catholic priests and two children in Katsina state, northern Nigeria, after shooting dead 12 farmers working in their fields, the BBC reported. A spokesperson for the Catholic Church, Father Chris Omotosho, told the BBC the gunmen broke into the priests’ residence in the village of Gidan Maikambu …

At least 12 farmers were shot dead by gunmen in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, while working in their fields, local media reported. The attackers, known locally as bandits, are blamed for the attack. Some houses were also torched. A local police officer disputed the casualty figures but said the gunmen …

At least 30 people are missing and dozens believed to have been abducted or killed after an attack at the weekend by gunmen in Borno State, northeast Nigeria. According to witnesses, victims in the town of Rann were shot by gunmen on motorbikes as they went into the bush to …

The United Nations condemned recent attacks against its force by M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and urged them to “immediately cease hostilities”. In a statement on Twitter , the UN acknowledged “the courage and determination” of its forces who responded to the attacks. The M23 rebels accuse …

Nigerian police launched an investigation into the beheading of a local MP in the southeastern state of Anambra a week after gunmen abducted him and an aide. The discovery of Okechukwu Okoye‘s mutilated body over the weekend has sparked outrage. Anambra’s state governor Charles Soludo described the killing as gruesome, …

Nigerian police have arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping of more than 130 students in Kaduna State. Security forces launched a nationwide crackdown on criminal gangs after the kidnapping of students from a private university and a secondary school in Kaduna state last year. All hostages were released …

The Ugandan army has announced the withdrawal of troops it sent last year to help neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo fight Islamist militants. According to Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Ugandan land forces commander, Operation Shujaa had only been intended to last for six months and would end by next month unless …

The Nigerian army claims to have killed four members of the Biafra separatist group during a clash in the south-east of the country. According to the army, the separatists attacked one of their patrols and it returned fire, killing part of the group and forcing the others to flee. It …