MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – At least 12 people were killed Friday after a pipeline explosion and fire raged near an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria’s Delta region, according to police. Police spokeswoman Grace Iringe-Koko said the explosion occurred when people involved in bunkering activities attempted to steal crude from a pipeline...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Natasha has nothing to return to in her native Sierra Leone, and nowhere to go but a grim camp in Tunisia’s capital since President Kais Saied announced a crackdown on migrants. “Please help us,” she said, tears in her eyes, standing outside an International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in a T...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): Labour Party candidate Peter Obi has announced that he would challenge the outcome of Nigeria’s fiercely fought presidential elections after official results awarded victory to the ruling party’s champion, Bola Tinubu. “We will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the ele...
Onitsha, Nigeria (AFP): Just hours after Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu raised his hand in victory, Sam Nwajaku could not hide his anger. “They cheated,” said the 38-year-old painter, seated at a kiosk in Onitsha, in southeastern Nigeria, a stronghold of opposition candidate Peter Obi. “We see the same old politi...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The US and the UK have congratulated Bola Tinubu on his victory in Nigeria’s Feb. 25 presidential election, despite lingering uncertainty over the win as the opposition plans to mount a legal challenge. “We call on all parties, candidates, and supporters to refrain from violence or inflammatory rhetoric at this critical tim...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s main opposition party on Thursday said it intends to challenge the results of the Feb. 25 presidential election in court. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) denounced the results as a “grave injustice.” PDP’s Atiku Abubakar came second in the race for president with an official vote tally of 6.9 million, [&h...
Conakry, Guinea (AFP): The West African states of Guinea and Ivory Coast are repatriating hundreds of their citizens from Tunisia, officials said Wednesday, after Tunisian President Kais Saied triggered a storm by accusing sub-Saharan migrants of crime. “The most urgent thing is to save lives, to prevent injuries,” said Ivorian gov...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 10 al-Shabaab group members, including three senior commanders, were killed when Somalia’s national intelligence and security agency conducted a new operation in the central province of Hiran, an official said Wednesday. The operation against the al-Qaeda-affiliated group was conducted with support from...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) — Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu appealed for unity in the country on Wednesday after hotly contested elections that have been disputed by opposition parties. In his acceptance speech after being declared the winner of the weekend election, Tinubu said the divisions that characterized the poll should not li...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s Interior Ministry has admitted that a man had been shot and killed by a police officer during a protest near the capital Khartoum against a military ruling. The ministry cited a statement from the police media office as saying that the protester was killed during a march organized by resistance […]
