Nigeria: Nigeria in 2025 - Reform, Rupture, and the Balance of Democratic Forces, By Toyin Falola

[Premium Times] May 2026 be a better year! Source

Nigeria: Nigeria's Army Chief Visits Sultan of Sokoto After U.S. Missile Strikes

[Premium Times] Mr Shaibu's visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, followed a series of precision airstrikes conducted by U.S. forces targeting several terrorist locations within Sokoto State. Source

Nigeria: What We Know About Terrorists Operating in Sokoto

[Premium Times] While ISIS affiliates are more active in the North-east, their presence in the North-west continues to be a subject of debate among jihadi experts. Source

Nigeria: Nigeria Is Still Losing the Narrative War, and It Should Concern Us All

[Premium Times] ...Nigeria must urgently rebuild its diplomatic machinery but not as a political patronage and bureaucratic exercise, but as a strategic imperative. Ambassadors must have competence in international affairs. They must be empowered, visible and proactive. They must engage lawmakers, brief editorial boards, convene diaspora networks and challenge misinformation in real time. Source

Nigeria: Five Things We Learned On Day 6 - Nigeria Find Danger in Dominance

[RFI] Super crowd pleasers those Super Eagles. Nigeria restored the neutrals' faith with gore and disorder as they brilliantly chopped through Tunisia's defences to lead 3-0 and then conceded two goals to nearly self-terminate with extreme prejudice. Source

Africa: Somali President Condemns Israel's Recognition of Somaliland

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to recognize Somaliland, describing it as a "move that fuels extremist groups and threatens regional stability." Source

Nigeria: Major Health Stories Across Nigeria in November

[Premium Times] The 2025 National Health Dialogue convened key voices in Nigeria's health sector for crucial conversations on reform and accountability. Source

Namibia: Namibia Agrees to Take Back Illegal Migrants, Criminals in UK

[Namibian] Namibia and Angola have agreed to take back illegal migrants and criminals living in the United Kingdom after the UK government threatened to impose a visa ban on the countries. Source

Sudan: When Women Speak in Rhythm... Rap As a Space for Expression and Survival

[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- In a musical world that for many years has been shaped by fixed stereotypes and social constraints, Sudanese female rappers have chosen to express themselves in search of a safe space. For them, rap is not merely a fast beat; it is a means of confrontation and a way of transforming fear and long-postponed questions into words and rhythms. It is also a vehicle for narrating personal and collective experiences of the body, identity, freedom, war, and everyday life in a country whose features are constantly Source

Sudan: Amani Al-Tawil - Sudan's Unity Is a Red Line, and the Islamists Are 'Weak' Without an Alliance With the Army

[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Cairo -- Interview by Ashraf Abdelaziz for Radio Dabanga Source

South Africa: The Fight Against Femicide - Victories and Setbacks in 2025

[IPS] Montevideo, Uruguay -- Hours before world leaders gathered in Johannesburg for the 2025 G20 summit in November, hundreds of South African women wearing black lay down in a city park for 15 minutes -- one for each woman who loses her life every day to gender-based violence in the country. The striking visual protest was organised by a civil society organisation, Women for Change, which also gathered over a million signatures demanding the government declare gender-based violence (GBV) a national disaster. Hours later, the Source

Nigeria: Afcon 2025 - How We Strategised, Defeated Tunisia - Chelle, Lookman

[Premium Times] Nigeria defeated Tunisia 3-2 on Saturday at the African Cup of Nations. Source