Nigeria: Nigeria-United States Security Cooperation And Intelligence Collaboration Hits At Terrorist Targets In Nigeria

[Nigerian Govt] Abuja -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria confirms that Nigerian authorities remain engaged in structured security cooperation with international partners, including the United States of America, in addressing the persistent threat of terrorism and violent extremism. This has led to precision hits on terrorist targets in Nigeria by air strikes in the North West. Source

Nigeria: Trump Deploys U.S. Military Strike On Isis Targets in Northwest Nigeria

[This Day] United States President Donald J. Trump today said that U.S. forces carried out a military strike against ISIS targets in Northwest Nigeria over their incessant attacks on Christians. Source

Nigeria: Catholic Church Confirms All Pupils, Staff Abducted From Niger School Have Regained Freedom

[Premium Times] "The final reconciliation confirms that 230 pupils and staff members were abducted during the attack on St. Mary's School, Papiri..." Source

Nigeria: Gbajabiamila Remains Tinubu's Chief of Staff - Presidency

[Premium Times] Hakeem Muri-Okunola has not replaced Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff. Source

Africa: Afcon 2025 Day 4 Roundup - Zidane Watches Algeria Cruise As Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon Secure Vital Wins

[Premium Times] In Casablanca, Burkina Faso produced the most dramatic moment of the day, scoring twice deep into stoppage time to overturn Equatorial Guinea 2-1 in Group E. Source

Ghana: Ministry of Finance Ghana and Afreximbank announce successful resolution of US$750 million facility

[Afreximbank] The Government of the Republic of Ghana, acting through the Ministry of Finance, and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are pleased to announce successful resolution of the issues surrounding the US$750 million facility signed in 2022, to the satisfaction of both parties, enabling both parties to continue to partner for Ghana's development agenda. Source

Africa: Looted African Belongings Must Be Returned - Is It Repatriation or Restitution? the Words We Use Matter

[The Conversation Africa] Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings and even ancestral remains. Many were not freely given but taken during colonial times, through force, manipulation, theft or violence. For decades, they have sat in storerooms and display cases, classified into categories like anthropology, natural history or ethnology, separated from the people and communities to whom they once belonged. Source

Sudan: The Tragedy of the Sudan War As Reflected in the Numbers for 2025

[Dabanga] Sudanile / Sudan Media Forum -- What is left for the Sudanese citizen to pay for the accursed war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)? His life, his morals, his children's education, his health, his displacement within his country or his dispersal in exile? Source

Sudan: North Darfur - RSF Claim Control of Abu Gamra, Um Baru

[Dabanga] North Darfur -- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan Founding Alliance (Tasees) Alliance claim to have taken control of Abu Gamra (Karnoi locality) and Um Baru areas in North Darfur, following military operations against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Joint Force. Source

Sudan: Ayadi - Uganda's Kiriyandongo Camp Hosts 400 Sudanese Refugees With Disabilities

[Dabanga] Kampala / Kiryandongo -- Mona Abu Al-Qasim, Director of the Ayadi Organisation for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, has revealed alarming humanitarian conditions faced by people with disabilities at Kiryandongo refugee camp in Western Uganda. She noted that there are more than 400 refugees with disabilities in the camp, most of whom are concentrated in residential zones A, B and C. Those with mobility impairments accounting for around 50 per cent of cases. Source

Sudan: SPLM-North - '58,000 in South Kordofan Flee to Nuba Mountains'

[Dabanga] Nuba Mountains -- The Sudanese Relief and Rehabilitation Agency announced that 58,198 displaced people have fled to Dilling and Kadugli and arrived in areas under the control of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM-North) in the Nuba Mountains, amid deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in South Kordofan. They say that 175 deaths have been recorded among the displaced population, with more than 64,000 children suffering from malnutrition, more than 29,000 people with disabilities. At least 40,000 Source

Equatorial Guinea/Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Snatch Late Win Over 10-Man Equatorial Guinea

[Nile Post] Two goals deep into second-half added time gave Burkina Faso a stunning comeback win over 10-man Equatorial Guinea in Group E at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Source