Nigéria Several hundred individuals, previously abducted by Boko Haram militants earlier this year from a village in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, regained their freedom this past weekend. This significant development…
Month: June 2026
Michael Olise hat-trick powers France past Northern Ireland in final World Cup warm-up
Michael Olise scored a hat-trick to give France a convincing 3-1 victory over Northern Ireland in their last friendly before the World Cup. The match, played at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on…
Lomé port workers announce three-day strike for late June 2026
The workers’ union at the Autonomous Port of Lomé has filed a three-day strike notice from June 25 to 27, 2026, to protest the failure to address several social and…
Drc: Igf launches sweeping audit of mining sector revenues
A total of 118 financial inspectors have been deployed across nearly 200 public and private entities as part of the second wave of control missions for the 2026 fiscal year.…
Hundreds freed from Boko Haram captivity in Nigeria’s Borno state
Several hundred people kidnapped months ago by a Boko Haram faction in the town of Ngoshe, Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, have been freed, the Nigerian army announced on Sunday, June…
Mali journalist Chahana Takiou summoned amid press freedom crackdown
Chahana Takiou, the publishing director of the weekly newspaper Le 22 Septembre, has been ordered to appear before the prosecutor of the cybercrime unit in Bamako on Monday, June 8,…
In eastern drc, uvira still waits for the peace donald trump promised
In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the town of Uvira remains in a state of suspense, still waiting for the peace that former U.S. president Donald Trump promised. Residents…