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Niger deploys 2,500 troops in restive zone

Following the weekend’s massacre, Nigerien President Mahamdou Issoufou has ordered the immediate deployment of Special Forces in an operation dubbed Operation Almahaou to secure the west of the country from jihadists. The decision was announced at the end of a…

COVID-19: Senegal reimposes night time curfew

The government of Senegal has re-imposed a night time curfew on the capital city Dakar and a nearby region amid a resurging Covid19 pandemic. The curfew has been timed between 9pm and 6am daily. The enforcement of the restriction will…

Nigeria: Terrorists abduct aid worker, 50 bus passengers

More than 50 motorists, passengers including a United Nations Humanitarian Worker have been abducted by suspected terrorists along the deadly Maiduguri- Jakana- Damaturu federal highway.  This latest incident comes barely two weeks after 35 passengers mostly women were kidnapped near…