Nigeria facing 'multiplicity of security challenges': Communal clashes, separatists, insurgencies
Àfrica • 7 de nov. 2025, 9:46
1 min de lecture
The Nigerian government said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. Trump said on social media that he had asked the Pentagon to map out a possible plan of attack in Africa's most populous nation because radical Islamists are "killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers". But Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar insisted that the country's constitution did not allow religious persecution, in the first comment by a senior Nigerian government official following Trump's weekend threats. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, François Picard welcomes Najim Animashaun, Nonresident Research Fellow at the African Policy Research Institute.
How a satellite image allegedly showing atrocities in Sudan was misinterpreted
Àfrica • 15:06
1 min
In the wake of documented atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the capture of El-Fasher in late October, internet users shared a screenshot from Google Earth allegedly showing mass killings in Sudan. However, this image is old and actually
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France urges nationals to leave Mali temporarily amid 'worsening security situation'
Àfrica • 14:56
1 min
France’s foreign ministry on Friday recommended that French nationals in Mali leave the country temporarily and "as soon as possible", citing the "worsening security situation" in the West African nation battling jihadist insurgents.
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Tanzania charges more than 100 people with treason after protests over disputed election
Àfrica • 14:17
1 min
Prosecutors in Tanzania on Friday charged more than 100 people with treason over their alleged roles in deadly violence surrounding the country’s disputed election, which saw President Samia Suluhu Hassan win a second term with more than 97 percent of th
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Sudan's bloody war shows no sign of ending despite US, Arab push for truce
Àfrica • 11:11
1 min
The war sparked by a power struggle between Sudan's army and a paramilitary group is showing no sign of slowing down despite one of the warring parties endorsing a proposed humanitarian truce backed by the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emi
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Sudan's paramilitary group agrees on truce amid accusations of war crimes
Àfrica • 9:59
1 min
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, say they have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by Emirat, Saudi, Egyptian and US mediators. Two days earlier the Sudanese army had r
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Nigeria facing 'multiplicity of security challenges': Communal clashes, separatists, insurgencies
Àfrica • 9:46
1 min
The Nigerian government said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. Trump said on social media that he had asked t
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Sudan ceasefire: Political solution without accountability 'will be unstable' and doomed to fail
Àfrica • 9:07
1 min
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, announced that they had agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, François Pica
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