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Insecurity: Gunmen Kill 48 In Northwest Nigeria Attacks
At least 48 people have died after heavily armed men attacked three villages in Zamfara State, according to local authorities. The administrative head of the Bakura district where the villages are located, Amin Suleiman, told reporters that the gunmen arrived in the villages on motorcycles, shooting sporadically at villagers trying to flee. “A total of…
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14 Dead In Bloody Attack By Rebels On Refugee Camp In DRC
An official report from the army has shared the gruesome murder of at least 14 people after rebels attacked a displaced people’s camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Army spokesman Jules Ngongo Tsikudi said on Tuesday that rebels raided a site outside the town of Fataki in the Djugu region of eastern Ituri…
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Terrorism: Nine Dead In Rebel Attack on Chibok Community in Northeast Nigeria
Since 2009, Nigeria has struggled with terrorist attacks and high-powered kidnapping in its northeast by armed groups like Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). More than 35,000 people have died and millions have been displaced by the violence, according to the UN Development Program. In April 2014, Boko Haram attacked the…
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Fact Check: Did Cameroon Sign New Military Deal With Russia?
On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, Cameroon signed what would seem like new military cooperation agreements with embattled Russia. But is this alliance the first of its kind, or is there a history of military cooperation between both countries? On April 15, 2015, Cameroon signed defence cooperation with Russia aimed at boosting the country’s military arsenal.…
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Terrorism: ISWAP Claim Responsibility For Recent Bomb Attack In Taraba State
On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, bombs exploded at a market in the rural town of Iware, Taraba State, killing one person. Shortly after, local police announced the death toll had increased to three, while 19 people reportedly sustained mortal injuries. A day later, a terrorist group known as the Islamic State in West Africa Province…
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What Is Happening With Chad’s Reconciliation Dialogue With Rebels?
Chad is one of the countries in Africa that has struggled with political fragmentation since its independence in 1960. This set the stage for years of rebel-led incursions and military coups in the country. Out of six heads of state, only three survived being killed or displaced by military coups in the north-central country. Chad’s…
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Fact Check: Is Togo Waging A War Against Its Teachers?
The Togolese government has dismissed nine teachers within a week of firing 137 others, following a strike action by the Togo Teachers’ Union from April 4 to 7, 2022. A total of 146 teachers have been barred from teaching and would be redeployed by the ministry of civil service and labour, on accusations of acting…
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Russia-Ukraine: Nigerians Join The Ukrainian International Legion Army
Ukraine‘s Deputy Minister of Defense, Hanna Maliar, recently shared that thousands of people have volunteered to join Ukraine’s newly-formed International Legion Army after an appeal from President Zelensky last week. Some 16,000 foreign “volunteers”, including 200 Nigerian are heading for Ukraine to fight against Russia, according to recent reports. The militants are coming as the country continues to receive…
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Were Politicians Targeted In Somalia’s Latest Suicide Bomb Attack?
Somalia’s security agencies have reported the death of at least 13 people after a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a popular restaurant in the central Somali town of Beledweyne known for its politician-clientele, a day before the first round of voting in the town. The attack on Saturday which was claimed by the Al-Shabaab Islamist militant group is one…
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Uganda Ordered To Pay DR Congo $325 Million In Reparations
The International Court of Justice has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325m in reparations over a brutal war between both countries that began in the late 1990s. The order comes more than 15 years after the UN court ruled in a complex, 119-page judgement that fighting by Ugandan troops…