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The head of an Islamic school has been suspended by the government in Nigeria’s north-central Kwara state after a video emerged showing a group of students being repeatedly lashed. The students, who included some males and a female, were accused of drinking alcohol at a birthday party of one of …

Laurent Delahousse, the head of the European Union in Liberia said he is sorry for saying that the Liberian capital Monrovia is a “disgusting” and “dirty” city, following a backlash. Speaking at an event organised by the Monrovia City Corporation last week, the EU envoy in Liberia said that Monrovia …

The Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has asked “total respect” from France as the diplomatic tensions among the two countries are worsening. In his first public comments on the matter, Abdelmadjid Tebboune said France should forget that Algeria had once been its colony. The current dispute between the two countries was …

Police in Nigeria say they have rescued 47 people from what they describe as a “torture house” in the northern state of Kano. The property, in Kano city, was supposed to be a rehabilitation centre. In other words, a privately run facility where parents send their children who they believe …

Following the enactment of a law by President Julius Maada Bio prohibiting the death penalty which was accepted by lawmakers in July, Sierra Leone officially abolished the death penalty. “As a nation, we have today exorcised horrors of a cruel past,” the president said in a statement quoted by AFP …

The Ugandan Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, has concurred with the recommendation from a section of educationalists that science be taught in local language at primary level, DailyMonitor reports. “Teaching science in local language will make sense to us and we will become transformational when we really get …

The new Guinean Prime Minister, Mohamed Beavogui, has called for unity to ensure a smooth transition to civilian rule. Mr Beavogui said his administration will be “a government with a specific mission”. “We will be honest about what we can do and what we must do. What is important, once …

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) is studying options to offer support to troops fighting against militant jihadists in the Sahel region, UN chief António Guterres has said in a letter reported by the AFP news agency. The UN is calling for more international support for the soldiers in the …

Army in Nigeria has confirmed the arrest of the famous actor Chiwetalu Agu for wearing an outfit bearing the flag of the proscribed group Ipob and inciting people to join it. The Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) is a group that wants a breakaway state in south-east Nigeria. The army …

At least 187 villagers who were abducted from their homes by criminal gangs have been rescued by police in northwest Nigeria. The victims, who had spent several weeks in captivity, were freed by security forces following an operation in Tsibiri forest in Zamfara state, police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said. The …