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Captain Ibrahim Traore
Burkina Faso foils coup plot to overthrow President Traore
ISTANBUL — Burkina Faso’s government said late Tuesday that it thwarted a coup attempt against President Capt. Ibrahim Traore, accusing former transitional president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of orchestrating the plot.Security Minister Mahamadou Sana told national television RTB that the plot, which had been planned for late Saturday, was foiled “thanks to the professionalism of the intelligence services.”"Our intelligence services intercepted this operation in the final hours. They had planned to assassinate the head of state and then strike other key institutions, including civilian personalities," said Sana, further alleging that the plot had been funded from neighboring Ivory Coast.He said the plan involved a series of targeted assassinations of military and civilian...
January 07, 2026

Burkina Faso foils coup plot to overthrow President Traore

Saturday’s attack in Kasuwan-Daji village happened near the Papiri community, where more than 300 schoolchildren and their teachers were kidnapped from a Catholic school in November
30 killed as gunmen storm village in northern Nigeria
NAIROBI —30 killed as gunmen storm village in northern NigeriaIn a statement, the police said the gunmen stormed the Kasuwan-Daji village, opening fire on residents and setting fire to the local market and several houses. They also razed down the local market and several houses, Niger state police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said in a statement.The attack is the latest in a cycle of deadly violence in the conflict-hit region.Authorities said the attackers came from the National Park Forest along the Kabe district, highlighting a pattern in which expansive, abandoned forest reserves are used as hideouts by armed gangs.At least two residents put the death toll at 37 and said it could be much higher as some people remained missing as of Sunday. Residents also said security forces are yet to...
January 05, 2026

30 killed as gunmen storm village in northern Nigeria

The boat overturned on Wednesday midnight near Jinack village in the North Bank Region
Dozens missing after boat carrying 200 migrants sinks off Gambia
BANJUL — At least seven people have died and many others are missing after a boat carrying about 200 migrants attempting to reach Europe capsized off the coast of The Gambia, authorities say.The boat overturned on Wednesday midnight near Jinack village in the North Bank Region and it was later found "grounded on a sandbank", the country's defense ministry said in a statement.Ninety-six people have been rescued so far and a search is continuing for other passengers who were aboard the shipwrecked vessel that was heading towards Spain's Canary Islands.The accident happened on the Atlantic route used by many West Africans who try to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, a journey known to be extremely dangerous due to overcrowded boats, rough seas and long distances. For years, poverty,...
January 02, 2026

Dozens missing after boat carrying 200 migrants sinks off Gambia

Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traore, second left, walks alongside Mali's President General Assimi Goita during a summit of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Bamako, Mali, on December 23
Mali and Burkina Faso announce reciprocal travel ban on Americans
BAMAKO — Mali and Burkina Faso have said they are imposing a travel ban on US citizens in response to an equivalent measure announced by the Trump administration earlier this month.In statements issued by their foreign ministries late Tuesday, the two West African countries said they were acting in the name of “reciprocity” after the White House announced on December 16 that US President Donald Trump was adding them and five other countries to a list of those subject to a full travel ban.The White House said the expanded ban, set to take effect on January 1, applied to “countries with demonstrated, persistent, and severe deficiencies in screening, vetting, and information-sharing to protect the Nation from national security and public safety threats.”Mali said Washington’s...
January 01, 2026

Mali and Burkina Faso announce reciprocal travel ban on Americans

Gen Mamady Doumbouya
Guinea coup leader wins presidential election by landslide
CONAKRY — Guinea's junta chief has won the presidential election by a landslide, according to provisional results published by the election commission.Gen. Mamady Doumbouya got 86.72 percent of the vote, held on ⁠December 28, an absolute majority that allows him to avoid a run-off.The general is hoping to legitimize his rule after seizing power in a coup in 2021.A civil society group calling for the return of civilian rule has condemned the election as a "charade" after Gen Doumbouya's main rivals were barred from contesting, while opposition candidates said the poll was marred by irregularities.The Democratic Front of Guinea's flagbearer, Abdoulaye Yero Balde, came a distant second with 6.6%, followed by the Liberal Bloc's Faya Lansana Millimono with 2%,...
December 31, 2025

Guinea coup leader wins presidential election by landslide

More than 200 killed in ethnically motivated RSF attacks in Sudan’s Darfur: Report
KHARTOUM — More than 200 people, including women and children, were killed in ethnically motivated attacks carried out by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in parts of Darfur, according to a statement issued Saturday by the Sudan Doctors Network. The network said it documented the killings based on testimonies from survivors who reached displacement camps in Tina, near the Sudan-Chad border. Civilians were targeted on an ethnic basis in the areas of Ambro and Abu Qamra in North Darfur and Sirba in West Darfur, it said. “The victims included children, women and men who were deliberately targeted and killed on ethnic grounds,” the statement said, describing the attacks as grave violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. The reported killings came amid...
December 27, 2025

More than 200 killed in ethnically motivated RSF attacks in Sudan’s Darfur: Report

An unclassified short video posted by the US Defense Department appears to show a missile being launched from a military vessel.
US launches air strike against ISIS fighers in northwest Nigeria
WASHINGTON/ABUJA — The United ‍States ‍has carried out a "deadly and powerful" air strike against the Islamic State fighters in northwest Nigeria, ⁠President Donald Trump has ​said.“Tonight, ⁠at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and ​deadly strike ‌against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,” ‌Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday evening.The US leader described ISIS as " terrorist scum", accusing the group of "targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians".“I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was,” Trump said.The US military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM), which is...
December 26, 2025

US launches air strike against ISIS fighers in northwest Nigeria

A tourist van cruises as Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain. — EPA
Five killed in helicopter crash on Mount Kilimanjaro 
DAR ES SALAM — A helicopter on a medical rescue mission crashed on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, killing five people, local media said on Thursday.The helicopter crashed near the mountain’s Barafu Camp on Wednesday, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.Mwananchi newspaper and East Africa TV, citing Kilimanjaro region’s head of police, Simon Maigwa, reported that the helicopter was on a medical rescue mission.Among the dead were a guide, a doctor, the pilot and two foreign tourists, Mwananchi cited Maigwa as saying, without giving the tourists’ nationalities.Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, is nearly 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) above sea level.The crash happened between 4,670 and 4,700 metres, Mwananchi reported. — Agencies
December 26, 2025

Five killed in helicopter crash on Mount Kilimanjaro 

Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, has endured more than a decade of violence linked to armed groups
Bomb blast in packed Nigerian mosque kills at least five
ABUJA — At least five people have been killed and 35 others have been injured in a bomb blast at a crowded mosque in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state, police said.Witnesses said the blast tore through the Gamboru market of Maiduguri, the state capital, on Wednesday as worshippers gathered for evening prayers.Unverified footage on social media appears to show the aftermath of the explosion, with people stood in a market area with dust particles in the air.No group has admitted carrying out the attack.“Preliminary investigations further suggest that the incident may have been a suicide bombing, based on the recovery of fragments of a suspected suicide vest and witness statements recorded, while investigations are ongoing to establish the exact cause and circumstances,” Nahum...
December 25, 2025

Bomb blast in packed Nigerian mosque kills at least five

A general view of a classroom at St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Agwarra local government, Niger state, on November 23, 2025
Nigeria says 130 more children released nearly a month after being kidnapped from school
ABUJA — The remaining 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State in November have been released, a presidential spokesman said on Sunday, confirming that all abducted pupils are now free.“Another 130 abducted Niger State pupils released, none left in captivity,” spokesman Sunday Dare said in a post on X, accompanied by a photograph showing the smiling children.The spokesman did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding their release.The students were taken in November when armed bandits stormed St. Mary’s Private Catholic School, abducting a total of 303 children and 12 teachers, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The victims included both boys and girls, some as young as 10.Less than 48...
December 22, 2025

Nigeria says 130 more children released nearly a month after being kidnapped from school

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