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Gambia could become the first country to reverse a ban on female genital cutting
The West African nation of Gambia could become the first country in the world to reverse a ban on female genital…
Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a…
The Somali extremist group al-Shabab says its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, where a loud…
Gunmen kidnap nearly 300 students in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose…
Five of Rashidat Hamza's six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s…
A girl went missing, seizing South Africa’s attention. Now her mother is…
The mother of a 6-year-old girl who has been missing in South Africa for nearly three weeks has been arrested and…
An online protest movement exposes corruption in Uganda. Officials and others are…
An online protest campaign exposing corruption has rattled government officials and others in Uganda, where street…
Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill draws international condemnation after it is passed…
A bill which criminalizes LGBTQ+ people in Ghana and their supporters has drawn international condemnation after it…
Australian tourist missing in Zimbabwe not seen for 9 days, officials say in new…
An Australian tourist reported missing late last week in Zimbabwe near Victoria Falls already had been missing for…
West Africa bloc lifts coup sanctions on Niger in a new push for dialogue to…
West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger…
Nigeria’s defense chief accuses nations withholding arms sales over abuses…
Nigeria’s defense chief has expressed frustration with what he called the “double standards” of some countries that…