The Yoruba Nation Youths, both in Nigeria and the diaspora, have issued a strong warning to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, against pushing for the establishment of Sharia courts ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa’s Sahel region, while on his way ...

THE renewed attacks by armed bandit groups and the intensified violence by Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa leave civilians in North-East Nigeria at risk of atrocity crimes. For nearly ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

The Mission 300 initiative to provide electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030 has secured more than $8bn in new funding ...

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and ...

Undisputed UFC middleweight champion says he'd make easy work of the UFC's pound-for-pound number one, reigning lightweight ...

The poor state of many African power networks is slowing growth in renewable electricity provision and halting its energy ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, Somalia, Nigeria and Niger — sit among the top 10 in the Institute for Economics and Peace’s 2024 Global ...

International lenders have pledged an additional $8 billion to support a $48 billion World Bank and African Development Bank ...

Thirty African Heads of State Commit to Expanding Electricity Access for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development at the ...

Thirty African Heads of State and governments today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve ...