The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Nigerian military said on Monday they had carried out additional airstrikes against Islamic State targets in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, as joint operations against militant groups intensify. The...
At least 452 people have died due to the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo as of July, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The total number of cases stood at 1,460, WHO said, in line with Congo government data earli...
At least 35 people have been killed after armed attackers launched an assault on Niger’s largest international airport in the capital Niamey, reports BBC. The attack took place early Thursday at Diori Hamani International Airport, wh...
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Nigerian military said on Monday they had carried out additional airstrikes against Islamic State targets in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, as joint operations against militant groups intensify. The...
At least 42 Nigerian school children were missing on Saturday a day after suspected Islamist militants attacked a school in the insurgency-hit northeastern Borno state, a senator for the area said. Residents said on Friday that armed men a...
Islamist Boko Haram militants have attacked a military ‌base in Chad, killing at least 23 security personnel and injuring 26 others, the army said in a statement on Tuesday. It said the army had repelled the attack, which took p...
The United States has urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria and authorised the departure of non‑emergency US government employees and their families ‌from the embassy in Abuja, citing worsening security conditions in Afri...
The World Health Organization said on Saturday that a strike on a hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, killed at least 64 people, including children, medical staff and patients, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X. W...
More than 60 people, including 12 children, were killed in a drone strike on Friday that targeted Al-Daein Teaching Hospital in East Darfur state, western Sudan, according to statements released Saturday by local and UN sources. The parami...
A cross-border drone attack from Sudan killed 17 people in Chad including mourners attending a funeral service, the Chadian government and local sources said on Thursday, and the country's president vowed to retaliate for any further attack...
