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Gunmen in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers state kidnapped two Lebanese workers helping to build a road, a police spokesman told Reuters on Sunday.

The African Union has suspended Sudan’s membership of the bloc following a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Monday, which left dozens dead.

Fifa has confirmed that the Confederation of African Football President Ahmad is being questioned by authorities in France.

A US policy banning government-funded aid groups from discussing abortion around the world has led to deaths, International Women’s Health Coalition say.

The number of people killed in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has risen to 60, an opposition group says.

The unrelenting efforts of Operatives of the Intelligence Response Unit (IRT), Special Tactical Squad (STS), Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit and the Special Forces attached to Operation Puff Adder have resulted in the dismantling on 25th May, 2019 of a 4-man international arms-smuggling syndicate.

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday join 53 world leaders in Saudi Arabia for the opening of the summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new cabinet in which, for the first time in the country’s history, half of all ministers are women.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said if assets and resources available to Nigeria were properly managed, it would be prosperous and peaceful.

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged wealthy individuals in the country to develop more confidence in the nation’s economy by investing massively