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Trump stops visa processing in Niger

Saad Huzaifa July 28, 2025

Niger The United States is suspending all routine visa services at its embassy in Niamey, Niger until further notice. A State Department spokesperson confirmed the pause covers all immigrant and non-immigrant visa categories, citing “concerns with the Government of Niger” but

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17 dead in Zimbabwe road crash

Saad Huzaifa July 24, 2025

Zimbabwe A head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a haulage truck killed 17 people in northeastern Zimbabwe on Tuesday police said. Police spokesman Paul Nyathi said all 17 victims, including some pedestrians, died at the scene of the crash, which happened near Chitungwiza, a densely populated town about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) southeast of […]

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Scores of Afghans secretly relocates to UK for fear of being attacked

Saad Huzaifa July 16, 2025

Afghanistan Thousands of Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, have been secretly resettled in the United Kingdom after a leak of personal information raised fears that the Taliban could target them, the British government revealed on Tuesday. The UK said it is closing the resettlement programme, which a rare court order had barred […]

Politics

UN urges renewed political and climate action in Libya

Saad Huzaifa June 25, 2025

Libya The United Nations has renewed calls for coordinated international efforts to support Libya’s political transition and address mounting humanitarian and climate-related challenges. Speaking at a high-level meeting on Libya, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), hailed the recent

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Police take over Nairobi ahead of anniversary protests

Saad Huzaifa June 25, 2025

Kenya A heavy police presence in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, ahead of protests planned to mark the anniversary of last year’s anti-tax demonstrations that left 60 people dead and 20 still missing.   Police in riot gear barricaded parliament and the Prime Minister’s office and deployed what appeared to be tear gas.   They […]

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Yoga in a tavern is the latest mental health outreach in Zimbabwe

Saad Huzaifa June 21, 2025

Zimbabwe It’s before sunrise on a Saturday and a small group has gathered at Socialite Bar in on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital. Instead of nursing hangovers, they sit with eyes closed and bodies in meditative poses on the bare floor. It’s an unlikely setting for a yoga class. In Zimbabwe, the practice is rare […]

Politics

Ex president Gbagbo form a united opposition front in Ivory Coast

Saad Huzaifa June 21, 2025

Ivory Coast The two opposition parties excluded from the forthcoming presidential election in Ivory Coast have formed an alliance demanding to be allowed to participate in the polls. The alliance aims to demand that its leaders, Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam, be allowed to run in the next presidential election and that other opposition candidates […]

Business

Niger to nationalize uranium venture

Saad Huzaifa June 20, 2025

Niger Rebublic Niger’s government said Thursday it would nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture operated by French company Orano and accused it of taking a disproportionate share of the uranium produced at the site. The announcement comes as military authorities in the west African country tighten their grip on foreign companies and civil society. Tensions have […]

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Alleged Overthrown of President: Rwandan opposition leader arrested

Saad Huzaifa June 20, 2025

Rwanda Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire has been arrested and charged with inciting public disorder and creating a criminal organisation. Ingabire appeared before a court in the country’s capital Kigali on Thursday for questioning in a case involving nine people accused of training to overthrow President Paul Kagame. Among the suspects is a journalist

Entertainment

Nigerian Court sentences TikToker to one year in prison over video

Saad Huzaifa June 20, 2025

Nigeria A magistrate court in Nigeria’s northwest Kano State presided over by Magistrate Hadiza Muhammad Hassan of Court No. 21, has sentenced popular TikTok content creator, Abubakar Usman Kilina, to one year in prison. The court also gave him the option of paying a fine of ₦100,000, in addition to a compensation fee of ₦30,000 […]