Ngala Killian Chimtom

A spate of kidnappings is putting pressure on the government of President Bola Tinubu, who ran on a security platform in 2023, as the country gears for general elections in 2027.

Elmina Castle – Fort St. George – in Ghana. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the castle is the oldest extant European building in sub-Saharan Africa and was a crucial stop in the Atlantic slave trade. Image credit: By Damien Halleux Radermecker –

A person holds Nigerian flags in Lagos, Nigeria, on Oct. 1, 2013. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Nigeria’s Oyo Diocese has expressed profound relief following the release of 45 teachers and students who had been held in captivity for nearly 60 days. The victims were freed on July 10 thanks to a joint intervention by Nigeria’s security and political forces. They had […]

of 5 ZBPVOEF, Dbnfsppo (BQ) — Sbjo ibe uvsofe uif ejsu spbe joup uijdl nve, cvu Nbcfm Ekpvnfttj lfqu xbmljoh xjui ifs 9-npoui-pme tpo, Lfogbdl, tusbqqfe up ifs cbdl.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Rain had turned the dirt road into thick mud, but Mabel Djoumessi kept walking with her 9-month-old son, Kenfack, strapped to her back.

Rubble set on fire as health and frontline workers Healthcare workers protest at the Elikya Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Constant Same Bagalwa)

Tens of thousands of so-called “artisanal” miners work illegally in disused gold and platinum mines formerly operated by mining outfits, or else dig their own mines in search of deposits, often working without proper safety equipment.

File photo from 2014 showing the Ndassima gold mine in the CAR’s Ouaka Prefecture in 2014. Ndassima is the country’s only industrialized gold mine, and has been the locus of deadly fighting. Image credit: By Un Security Council – https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/S/2014/452, Public Domain, Link

“An attack on any place of worship constitutes an attack on our collective humanity,” the bishops of Nigeria said.