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March 29, 2024
Bus carrying Easter worshippers falls off cliff killing 45 people in South Africa
March 28, 2024
Jacob Zuma barred from running in South Africa elections
March 26, 2024
Nigerian court sentences Chinese businessman to death for murdering girlfriend
March 26, 2024
Ethiopia's CBE bank recovers $10m taken during technical glitch
March 24, 2024
Voters choose new Senegal president after political crisis
ABUJA ‑ Nigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed “unharmed”, officials said.Kaduna state governor Uba Sani said they had been rescued thanks to the courage of the security forces.The school authorities had said more than 280 children were taken, but the army said 137 hostages had been freed.The operation took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, days before a ransom deadline.Officials have not yet commented on the discrepancy in numbers. The children, aged eight to 15, and one teacher, were abducted on March 7.Kidnap gangs, known as bandits, have seized thousands of people in recent years, especially in the north-west.There had been a reduction in targeting of schools over the past year, but this...
March 24, 2024
Kuriga kidnap: Gunmen free Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction
March 23, 2024
Senegal goes to the polls as country’s once sturdy democracy looks shaky
March 20, 2024
Senegal president rejects blame for election chaos
March 20, 2024
Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes
March 19, 2024
‘Enlist or die’: Fear, famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces
