Nigeria | 17 hours ago ?Cancelled deal was struck by Nigeria?s Tinubu during last month?s visit Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Japan has scrapped the ?Africa Hometown? initiative, a plan to promote cultural exchanges between regional cities and four African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, and Tanzania, due to what it described as misinterpretations and disinformation. Although it was meant to pair Japanese cities with African countries for grassroots exchange, the reports...

Lagos State government has responded to over 13,700 emergency incidents in the state between 2008 and 2025, thus showcasing its strength and resilience in emergency management among other subnationals in the past 17 years. ......

ABUJA- The Federal Government, on Friday, gave reasons why it opposed request for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to be transferred to the National Hospital in Abuja for medical attention. ......

A Nigerian court has rejected a request to free separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, ruling that...

We will win the election ? Nepal?s Gen Z protest leader Sudan Gurung talks to Start Here.

Sudan Gurung, who rose to prominence in this months protests, tells Al Jazeera he will run in March polls.

Washington, D.C., September 26, 2025 ? The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Ismail Alexandrani, who has already spent years imprisoned for his reporting. Alexandrani was arrested on September 24 at a checkpoint in Matrouh Governorate, northwestern Egypt, and later charged with joining...

Opinion Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled Most of today#8217;s activist class in the West either have no knowledge of #8212; or choose to forget #8212; one of the bloodiest internal conflicts in the modern Arab world: Algeria#8217;s war against the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. After the FIS won the first round of parliamentary elections in 1991, the Algerian military intervened. What...

Most everyone was on board when multiethnic residents of Warrap State, at least for a few hours, forgot about their divisions and got together to talk about, and celebrate, peace, and how it begins with all of us moving forward together. ldquo;We have been clashing, and we have lost lives, but today we stand together. If peace begins with me, then I must also let go of the past, because our children deserve a future free from fear,rdquo; said Ayen Chol from conflict-plagued...

The battle for Kordofan, with a population of eight million, is the latest frontline in Sudan's civil war. ......

On the sidelines of Climate Week NYC,...

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says he is a prime target of the Islamist group al-Shabab. ......

Tunis, Tunisia - Dr. Nizar Chaarirsquo;s life is proof that influence can transcend the spotlight. Once celebrated as one of Tunisiarsquo;s most recognizable television and radio hosts, he has since emerged as a driving force in African youth empowerment. With a career that began behind the microphone in 1993 and later evolved into leadership on a continental stage, Chaari has reinvented himself from media icon to changemaker. Today, as the founder of EPIK Leaders, he is shaping a pan-African movement that champions civic engagement, innovation, and the next generation of leaders. His journey reveals not only the power of communication, but also the responsibility of turning visibility...

Download logo The UNrsquo;s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan has condemned in the strongest terms a deadly drone strike allegedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Al-Safiya Mosque and adjacent homes in El Fasher, North Darfur, on 19 September. Calling for immediate action to protect civilians, the Mission warned that El Fasher remains under siege and at grave risk of further attacks, with civilians facing extreme danger. The attack, which took place during dawn...

Download logo The Government of the Republic of Uganda will host the Second Session of the Uganda-Somalia Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) alongside an Investment and Business Summit from 7-8 October 2025 at Mestil Hotel, Kampala, under the theme ldquo;Promoting Uganda-Somalia Partnership through Investment, Trade and Tourism, and Harnessing Opportunities in Both Countries.rdquo; This was announced during the media launch for the Uganda-Somalia JPC, Investment and Business Summit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters. The meeting will bring together senior government officials, business leaders, and private sector representatives from both countries to review bilateral...

A drone strike blamed on Sudan?s Rapid...

Hundreds of women from across the country gathered in the Nigerian capital this week...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed the UN as being too weak to stop wars in Gaza, Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine

Sans surprise, le Niger, le Mali et le Burkina Faso ont annoncé lundi leur retrait de la Cour pénale internationale. Ces pays, gouvernés par des militaires, qualifient l'instance "d'instrument de répression néo-coloniale". Les trois États annoncent une décision à effet immédiat, mais dans les faits le retrait n'est effectif qu'un an après le dépôt du dossier devant l'ONU.

Le Burkina Faso, le Mali et le Niger ont annoncé lundi soir leur retrait "avec effet immédiat" de la Cour pénale internationale, dénonçant un "instrument de répression néocoloniale". Les trois pays sahéliens, dirigés par des juntes militaires, revendiquent une politique souverainiste et veulent créer une Cour pénale sahélienne.

The fallout of the war in Sudan has led to one of the world?s worst humanitarian crises, but aid to its victims is vanishing. Pregnant women?s lives are in the balance. ......

Health amp; Wellbeing | 49 minutes ago When Dr. Oluwatobi Oladeji began his medical career in Nigeria, he quickly discovered a harsh reality: far too many lives were lost, not because of incurable diseases, but because of barriers to care. Families traveled hours, sometimes days for medical attention, and many patients never made it to a hospital. ?It was painful to watch preventable deaths happen simply because access to care was out of reach,? Dr. Oladeji recalls. Those experiences, he says, shaped his life-long mission: tackling health disparities at both community and global levels. Building Solutions in Nigeria After completing his medical training at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU),...

Download logo H.E. Paulette ADJOVI YEKPE, Ambassador of Benin to Nigeria and Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, paid a farewell visit to H.E. Omar Alieu Touray on Friday, September 19, 2025, at the end of...

Business | 1 minute ago Tony Elumelu: Citizen of Humanity The entire thing began with smoke rising over Lagos, the kind that clings to the mind even after the fog has settled. Inside Afriland Towers, six employees of United Capital lost their lives in a fire that startled the city and scarred one of Nigeria?s most prominent business families. For Tony Elumelu, their chairman, the news struck mid-journey. He was en route to New York, meant to stand at the United Nations General Assembly and speak of Africa?s promise. Instead, grief turned him around. ?I am shattered,? he...

Nigeria | 1 minute ago Where there is fanfare, there can be fury. So it wasn?t really surprising when the Lagos Assembly, led by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, raised its gavel against a quiet technocrat: Bode Agoro, the Head of Service celebrated only weeks earlier for reformist zeal and birthday tributes drenched in...

Download logo El Fasher has been under a tightening siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than 500 days, with attacks against civilians intensifying in recent weeks. The majority of residents in the nearby Abu Shouk displacement camp have reportedly fled following relentless shelling and raids. ldquo;The fighting must stop now,rdquo; Secretary-General Antoacute;nio Guterres said in a statement issued by his spokesperson....

At least 48 people were killed and more than 152 were injured in clashes between South Sudanrsquo;s army and opposition forces in a northeastern border town, local media reported on Sunday, citing the state governor. The clashes began on Saturday when forces from the Sudan People's...

A senior government official and his wife were killed in western Sudanrsquo;s North Darfur State, while thousands fled the regional capital El-Fasher amid escalating violence, officials and a UN agency said Sunday. The North Darfur government confirmed that...

The Somali army, working with international partners, has carried out a planned operation, killing at least four...

Nigeria | 15 seconds ago Alex Enumah in Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will on Monday, September 29 swear in 57 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), as part of programmes lined up in...