Facebook and TikTok were no longer available in Gabon on Wednesday, AFP journalists confirmed, hours after the media regulator announced their suspension because of the risk of “conflict-inducing excesses”. Gabon’s media regulator on Tuesday announced the suspension of social media…
Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, a security official said. The separate incidents on Monday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which left…
The United States government has imposed sanctions on eight Nigerians accused of having connections to Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), leading to the freezing of any assets or property they hold under US…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to the prompt implementation of the revitalised peace agreement in South Sudan, urging authorities in the country to release First Vice President Riek Machar and other detained opposition leaders without delay. The…
Ghana intends to request the extradition of a Russian man accused of illegally recording his sexual encounters with several women and sharing footage online without their consent. African and Russian media identified him as a self-styled “pick-up artist” and online…
No fewer than three United States military aircraft landed in Nigeria between Thursday and Friday, findings by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. The aircraft, it was gathered, landed at military bases in Borno and other northeastern states. Senior officers at the…
Beijing’s scrapping of tariffs for all but one African country will start May 1, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday, according to state media. China already has a zero-tariff policy for imports from 33 African countries, but Beijing said last…
Colombia declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after floods killed 18 people and left thousands of families displaced in the country’s northern cattle belt. Water submerged homes after a dam and rivers overflowed in Cordoba, one of the worst-hit…
Ghanaian President John Mahama has ordered the immediate recall of Mohammed Ahmed, known as Baba Jamal, from his position as the country’s high commissioner to Nigeria over allegations of vote buying in Saturday’s parliamentary primaries. Mahama’s decision was in response…
United States President Donald Trump has said he does not regret briefly posting a controversial video on his Truth Social account that included offensive imagery portraying former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Speaking with…
