Nigeria: Gunmen free 240 prisoners in Kogi State
Some 240 prisoners have escaped after unidentified gunmen attacked a facility in Nigeria's Kogi state, officials say. It is the ...
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Letters replace phones in Nigeria’s kidnap zone
For the last few years life in rural areas of north-western Zamfara state has been agonisingly brutish. Gun-toting motorbike gangs ...
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Court orders Mugabe’s body be exhumed for reburial
A Zimbabwean court on Friday ordered former President Robert Mugabe’s body be exhumed and reburied at the national heroes’ shrine in ...
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African Union suspends Guinea following coup
The African Union said on Friday it was suspending Guinea after a coup in the West African country that saw ...
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Ghana Foreign Minister leads ECOWAS delegation to Guinea
ECOWAS on Thursday, September 9, 2021, sent a high-powered mission to Guinea to assess the current situation.The delegation was led ...
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Morocco ruling party suffers heavy election defeat
Morocco's long-ruling Islamists have suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections to liberal parties seen as close to the palace, ...
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Fake $16,000 seized in Mozambique – police
About $16,000 (£11,500) of counterfeit notes have been seized in Mozambique, with investigators suspecting that a regional syndicate is specialising ...
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West African leaders suspend Guinea from Ecowas following coup
Guinea has been suspended from the West African regional bloc Ecowas following the coup that overthrew President Alpha Condé on ...
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Guinea coup leaders release dozens of prisoners
Military leaders who’ve seized power in Guinea have released about 80 prisoners ahead of a summit of the west African ...
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Guinea opposition leader backs coup against Alpha Condé
Guinea's main opposition leader has welcomed Sunday's ousting of President Alpha Condé calling it an opportunity for a new beginning ...
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