One of the victims abducted from a train in 2022, has opened up om the discussion he had with one of the kidnappers at a mosque in Kaduna State.

Before the emergence of Boko Haram, Borno was a regional economic hub, its commercial and livestock markets attracting traders from neighbouring Chad, Niger, and Cameroon. A multi-billion dollar fish ...

OPPOSITION politician Nelson Chamisa has bemoaned the meagre salaries given to university lecturers, vowing to prioritise workers' issues once he takes charge.

President Joseph N. Boakai has appointed former Bomi County Senator Sando D. Johnson as his legislative liaison to the Liberian Senate, according to an official communication from the Executive ...

An anthrax outbreak is compounding the worsening security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), driving up humanitarian needs and further limiting access to basic services. The ...

Nimba County Senator-elect Samuel G. Kogar has declared that in Liberia's Legislature, loyalty is fleeting and alliances shift with interests, as he calls for reconciliation between the rival blocs of ...

Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing human-primate interactions -- and the risk for disease spillover.

Analysis - The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries.

Analysis - Mabel Dorothy Okanima Segun, who passed away on 6 March 2025, at 95, was a prominent figure in Nigerian literature. Her life was an extraordinary mix of broadcasting, children's ...

The National Police Service says preliminary investigations indicate that the fatal shooting of Kasipul Member of Parliament ...

Kasipul Constituency in Homa Bay County has been thrown into mourning--and controversy--following the assassination of its MP ...

A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country's president, with a five-year ...