About 100 U.S. military personnel have arrived in Nigeria as Washington scales up an operation to target Islamist insurgents, a Nigerian defence spokesperson said. U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Nigeria of failing to protect Christians from Islamist militants in the northwest. Nigeria denies discriminating against any religion, saying its security forces target armed groups […]
President John Dramani Mahama will in March this year, present a landmark resolution before the United Nations General Assembly seeking global recognition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime against humanity. A statement issued by the Presidency said President Mahama made the announcement on Sunday-February 15, when he delivered his report to the […]
The Ministry of the Interior and National Security has confirmed receiving reports of a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso involving a truck carrying tomato traders from Ghana. In a press release issued to media houses and signed by the Minister for the Interior and National Security, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, the government described the information as disturbing, […]
President John Dramani Mahama has been elected First Vice Chairperson of the African Union (AU) as Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye formally assumes the rotating chairmanship for 2026. The elections took place at the 39th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with President Ndayishimiye taking over […]
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been mentioned in the latest tranche of the Epstein files, after his name appeared in several emails from the late sex offender and others. They concerned a dinner Jeffrey Epstein seemingly arranged for Zuma in London in 2010, which the emails suggest was also attended by a “beautiful” […]
More than £2m was spent at Harrods on behalf of a then-Nigerian oil minister accused of accepting bribes from industry figures interested in government contracts, a court in London has heard. Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, is alleged to have been provided with “a life of luxury in the United Kingdom”, including access to multimillion-pound properties, a […]
Benin’s political opposition has failed to win any seats in parliament, according to provisional election results released over the weekend, as two parties aligned with President Patrice Talon secured control over the entire body. The January 11 election came just over one month after soldiers attempted to topple Talon in a failed coup bid and three months […]
Polls have opened in Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections, though voting has been disrupted by widespread logistical delays across the country amid an internet shutdown. At 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT), the BBC observed that things had yet to get going at five polling stations in the capital, Kampala, an hour after voting was due […]
A daughter of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sworn into parliament, less than a fortnight after her half-sister was forced to step down. Brumelda Zuma became one of South Africa’s newest MPs on Wednesday, representing uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the opposition party led by her father. Her half-sister, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, resigned from parliament […]
Nigeria’s Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday the United States had revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year and he was told to reapply if he wished to try again to visit the U.S. The 91-year-old writer said in 2016 that he had torn up his U.S. green card and renounced his American […]
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC. Odinga died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India. In recent weeks, there has been speculation about his health, although family members and political allies had dismissed reports suggesting he was critically […]
Mali has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up to $10,000 (£7,500) for business and tourist visas, in response to a similar requirement that the Trump administration has imposed on its citizens. The US embassy in Mali said on Friday the fee had been […]
