More than 100 people have been abducted in attacks on several villages in Nigeria’s central Niger State, police and residents have told the BBC.
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Kenya, 22 August 2026- Kisumu Central MP Dr Joshua Oron has taken his campaign for the Kisumu governorship to the streets, spending much of Saturday walking through the city, engaging traders, hawkers, shoeshiners and ordinary residents in an unusually personal campaign for the county’s top seat.
Across southern Africa, sitting presidents have faced a wave of turnovers and electoral setbacks in the past few years.
Groups cite Gaza war in opposing Navitas Petroleum’s prospective expansion in South Africa Hassan Isilow 20 August 2026•Update: 20 August 2026 JOHANNESBURG
Campaigning began in Nigeria on Wednesday ahead of January’s presidential race that pits incumbent President Bola Tinubu against a divided opposition.
Campaigning for Nigeria’s January elections begins Wednesday, posing a critical test for President Bola Tinubu as he seeks a second term. His presidency and the ruling APC face intense scrutiny over whether Nigerians are better off after more than a decade in power.
LIBREVILLE/LOS ANGELES –Africa is facing one of the world’s great energy windfalls. The continent holds roughly 125 billion barrels of confirmed oil reserves and more than 620 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, implying vast additional deposits still waiting to be discovered. At the same time, some 600 million Africans have no electricity at home,…
Livestock minister Idi Mukhtar Maiha said Nigeria’s traditional system of moving herds across the country was no longer sustainable as expanding farms, urbanisation and infrastructure projects have steadily erased grazing routes.
Di Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) don declare Ademola Adeleke of di Accord party as winner of di Osun State govnorship election wey happun on Saturday, 15 August.
One of the principal arteries of world trade has been chronically blocked for almost six months. Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has been reduced to a bare minimum since the first US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran at the end of February. Cargo ships have at times been fired on by Iranian forces; at others,…
