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The aircraft was en route to Portugal when it had to land in Burkina Faso, the Nigerian authorities have said (file photo)
Burkina Faso accuses Nigerian Air Force of violating its airspace
NAIROBI — Eleven Nigerian military officers were detained in Burkina Faso after their aircraft made an emergency landing in the country, Burkinabè security sources told the BBC.The Air Force C-130 aircraft entered Burkina Faso's airspace on Monday without authorisation, according to the country's Territorial Administration Minister Emile Zerbo.In a joint statement, the military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said their prompt investigation confirmed the "violation of its airspace and the sovereignty of its member states".But the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said a technical problem meant the plane, which was en route to Portugal, had to land in accordance with safety procedures.The statement added that the crew was "safe and have received cordial treatment from the...
December 09, 2025

Burkina Faso accuses Nigerian Air Force of violating its airspace

With many staying at home the atmosphere is quiet but tense
Tanzania crackdown on planned protest leaves streets deserted
ARUSHA — Security has been tightened across Tanzania with police and military seen patrolling major cities ahead of anticipated anti-government protests called to coincide with independence day.By midday, however, no demonstrations had begun.Residents in Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mbeya, Mwanza and several other urban centres reported an unusually slow start to the day, with many people choosing to remain indoors amid uncertainty over whether protests would happen.The demonstrations were called to demand political reforms in the wake of October's post-election unrest which left an unknown number of people dead.The authorities have admitted using force against protesters, claiming that some groups were attempting to overthrow the regime.On Tuesday, BBC reporters observed nearly empty...
December 09, 2025

Tanzania crackdown on planned protest leaves streets deserted

A signboard for St Mary's Private Catholic Secondary School stands at the entrance of the school in Papiri, a hamlet in Niger state, on November 23
Nigerian government secures release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren, Channels TV says
ABUJA — Nigeria’s government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren who were abducted last month in Niger state in one of the country’s worst mass kidnappings to date, local broadcaster Channels Television reported on Sunday.The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said 303 children and 12 school staff were kidnapped on November 21 by gunmen at St. Mary’s Catholic boarding school in Papiri, a hamlet in Niger state.Fifty pupils managed to escape in the following hours, but since then there had been no update on the whereabouts or conditions of the other children, some as young as six, and the missing school staff.Channels Television did not immediately provide details about the release.The CAN and Niger state authorities said they were not officially notified of the...
December 08, 2025

Nigerian government secures release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren, Channels TV says

The soldiers appeared on state TV early on Sunday morning to say they were suspending the constitution
Benin coup thwarted by loyalist troops, president tells nation
NAIROBI — Benin's president has appeared on television to reassure citizens of the West African nation that the situation was now "totally under control" following an attempted coup earlier in the day."I would like to commend the sense of duty demonstrated by our army and its leaders, who have remained... loyal to the nation," Patrice Talon said, looking calm during the live evening broadcast.The government said it had thwarted the mutiny hours after a group of soldiers declared a takeover on national television.Later in the afternoon, huge explosions were heard in Cotonou, Benin's largest city and seat of government. They were thought to have been the result of an air strike.Prior to the explosions, flight-tracking data showed that three aircraft had entered Benin's...
December 08, 2025

Benin coup thwarted by loyalist troops, president tells nation

President of Benin Patrice Talon. (EPA)
Soldiers announce dissolution of Benin government in apparent coup
COTONOU, Benin — A group of soldiers appeared on Benin’s state television Sunday to announce the dissolution of the government and the removal of President Patrice Talon, declaring an apparent coup in the West African nation. Calling itself the Military Committee for Refoundation, the group said all state institutions had been dissolved and named Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri as president of the committee. Benin, which gained independence from France in 1960, experienced repeated coups in the decades that followed. The country had enjoyed political stability since 1991 after the two-decade rule of Mathieu Kérékou. Talon had been in power since 2016 and was due to step down next April after the presidential election. Talon’s party candidate, former Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni, had been...
December 07, 2025

Soldiers announce dissolution of Benin government in apparent coup

US officials say the deal is the first in a series of agreements with developing countries
Kenya signs landmark health deal with US despite data fears
NAIROBI — Kenya has signed a historic five-year health agreement with the US, the first such pact since Donald Trump's administration overhauled its foreign aid program.The $2.5bn (£1.9bn) deal is aimed at combating infectious diseases in Kenya, with similar agreements expected to be rolled out in other African countries aligned with Trump's broader foreign policy goals.The government-to-government deal aims to boost transparency and accountability but has raised fears it could give the US real-time access to critical health databases, including sensitive patient information.Kenya's Health Minister Aden Duale sought to allay such fears, saying "only de-identified, aggregated data" would be shared.On his first day in office in January, Trump announced a freeze on foreign...
December 05, 2025

Kenya signs landmark health deal with US despite data fears

The daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla attends the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) press conference at the party's headquarters in Durban on November 28
Daughter of South Africa’s former leader accused of luring men to fight for Russia
JOHANNESBURG — Family ties may become strained for former South African President Jacob Zuma after his eldest daughter accused her half-sister of deceiving 17 men – half of whom are reportedly relatives – into fighting for Russia in Ukraine.The controversy highlights the growing recruitment of Africans into Russian military forces due to a shortage of Russian recruits as well as the close ties between Moscow and veterans of the African National Congress. Zuma previously belonged to the political party, which originated as a liberation movement that fought for democratic rule in South Africa.Zuma, 83, stepped down as president in 2018 in the wake of a series of corruption scandals and was expelled from the party he once led in 2024. He received military training in the Soviet Union...
December 05, 2025

Daughter of South Africa’s former leader accused of luring men to fight for Russia

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
Nigeria's defense minister resigns amid kidnapping crisis
ABUJA — Nigeria's Minister of Defense, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from his position with immediate effect for health reasons, the president's office has said.The 63-year-old's departure coincides with a period of heightened security challenges across Nigeria, with the government under pressure to deal with a spate of mass kidnappings.Last week, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that at least 402 people, mostly schoolchildren, had been kidnapped since mid-November.In the latest sign of the insecurity, gunmen abducted at least 20 people, including a Christian pastor, a Muslim bride and her bridesmaids, in two separate raids in the north on Sunday.Some 250 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Niger state...
December 02, 2025

Nigeria's defense minister resigns amid kidnapping crisis

Abdulqadir Abdullah Ali says RSF fighters were shooting at the people fleeing el-Fasher with live ammunition
'I saw them driving over injured people' — the terrifying escape from war in Sudan
AL-DABBAH, Sudan — Abdulqadir Abdullah Ali suffered serious nerve damage to his leg during the long siege of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher because he could not get medicine for his diabetes.The 62-year-old walks with a heavy limp, but he was so panicked when fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) finally captured the city in the western Darfur region, he felt no pain as he ran."The morning the RSF came there were bullets, many bullets, and explosives going off," he says."People were out of control [with fear], they ran out of their houses, and everyone ran in different directions, the father, the son, the daughter — running."The fall of el-Fasher after an 18-month siege is a particularly brutal chapter in Sudan's civil war.The BBC has travelled to a tent camp...
December 01, 2025

'I saw them driving over injured people' — the terrifying escape from war in Sudan

A loaded car drives on the Kanji-Agwarra road, Niger State, Nigeria, 25 November 2025. (EPA)
Nigeria disputes claims jihadist groups behind recent mass kidnappings
ABUJA — The Nigerian government says Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (Iswap) are responsible for a recent surge in mass abductions across north-western and central Nigeria, but analysts dispute the claim, arguing that the attacks were carried out by local criminal gangs known as “bandits.” This marks the first time the government has publicly attributed the kidnappings to jihadist groups, though it offered no evidence to support the assessment. Kidnapping for ransom has become widespread in recent years, involving a mix of armed gangs, jihadist factions, and separatist groups. While ransoms remain illegal, officials have long been accused of covertly paying them. Three mass abductions have taken place in the past two weeks:• 17 November — Kebbi state: 25...
November 29, 2025

Nigeria disputes claims jihadist groups behind recent mass kidnappings

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