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File photo: Members of the Nigerian Army Military Police detain  a man suspected of smoking illegal substances during a rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on February 21, 2023 ahead of the Nigerian presidential election.  (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)

Nigeria is ‘disappearing’ its people

A new investigation says the military is involved in the disappearance of thousands of citizens

January 10 marks a year since Mohamed was kidnapped outside a Gift of the Givers hospital in Darkoush in northern Syria near the Turkish border.

Shiraaz Mohamed’s family distances itself from NGO’s deal claim

Truth Collective South Africa, told the media that it was working with Mohamed’s abductors, to have him returned home safely and unharmed.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Invest in local people to build their resilience

We must work alongside the vulnerable to go beyond simply managing catastrophes.

Sri Lankan troops seize more Tiger bases

Sri Lankan troops on Friday captured more Tamil Tiger bases, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon raised fresh concerns for civilians trapped in the war zone.

BBC: Refugee camps for migrants

Seven refugee camps are to be set up around the country for foreigners who have fled xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The holding camps will…

Al-Jazeera cameraman returns from Guantánamo

A Sudanese cameraman with the al-Jazeera on Friday accused United States authorities of insulting Islamic symbols on his return home after six years of detention at Guantánamo…

Nigerian oil rebels demand proof leader is alive

A rebel group from Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta demanded on Wednesday that lawyers, relatives and the Red Cross be allowed to see their detained leader, Henry Okah, to…

Worse to come in flooded Malawi

Rising flood waters devastating crops, livestock and infrastructure across half the coutry and menacing more than 73 000 Malawians are going to get worse, government officials…

Bangladesh storm toll nears 3 000

Nearly four days after Bangladesh’s worst cyclone since 1991 killed at least 2Â 350 people, rescuers were struggling to reach some devastated areas and officials feared the toll…

Cyclone toll ‘may be as high as 10 000’

Grieving survivors and rescuers picked through the rubble left in the wake of a cyclone that battered Bangladesh as the death toll reached over 2Â 200 on Sunday. Mohammad Abdur…

Taliban causing Afghan aid crisis, says UN

The United Nations on Monday demanded that the Taliban stop killing aid workers and looting aid convoys so that emergency supplies can reach vulnerable Afghans. Tom Koenigs, head…

African deluge brings misery to millions

The small plane banks steeply to the east and the extent of the floods in the low-lying Teso region of Uganda become clear: kilometre upon kilometre of low-lying pasture land…