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The two students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi abducted by gunmen have secured their freedom. Their release comes four days after gunmen stormed the school and kidnapped three students. Confirming the incident via a text message on Wednesday,…
Amnesty International is calling for an immediate probe into the death of 5 protesters in Chad. The civilians were killed and others injured on Tuesday after they hit the streets, demanding return to civilian rule. The demonstrations followed days of…
The International Organization of la Francophonie says it ready to support the transition process in Mali. Secretary General of the Organization Louise Mushikiwabo, convened the first ad hoc small advisory committee on the situation in Mali on Tuesday, aimed at…
The Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation (BCR) has confiscated over 11 thousand US Dollars’ worth of narcotics from inmates at the Monrovia Central Prison in Monrovia. The drugs were confiscated from inmates during the BCR’s vigorous search and lockdown exercise…
The official aides of Nigeria’s lawmakers protested on Wednesday over unpaid salaries. The aides, under the auspices of Concerned National Assembly Legislative Aides, allege that N9.6 billion appropriated for the payment is missing. This is not the first time the…
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Secretariat, says its Secretary-General, Wamkele Mene, was issued with a false-positive COVID-19 test result at the Kotoka International Airport. This development comes days after Frontier Healthcare Services, the managers of Ghana’s COVID-19 testing…
Authorities in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius issued a disaster alert on Wednesday after heavy rains caused severe flooding making roads impassable to pedestrians and vehicles. State-owned Vacoas weather station issued the alert and warned of impassable roads,…
In Guinea, Wednesday’s negotiations aimed at lifting strike by bailiffs, supported by lawyers and notaries ended inconclusively. The strike will therefore continue until next Monday. Wednesday’s meeting was between the judicial authorities, the police, the high command of the gendarmerie,…
Questions continue following the death of 3 Westerners including two journalists in Burkina Faso. Two Spanish journalists who were reported missing on Monday were found dead on Tuesday in the eastern region of Fada N'Gourma-Pama, according to the authorities in…
Rebels in northern Chad say they are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week. The rebels, known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad…