Nigeria: At least 315 children and teachers kidnapped in second school abduction this week
Africa • Nov 23, 2025, 10:03 AM
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A Christian organisation said on Saturday, 22 November, that 315 students and teachers had been seized the previous day in Nigeria’s second mass school abduction within a week, heightening security concerns in Africa’s most populous nation. The early-morning raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger State followed an attack on Monday in neighbouring Kebbi State, where gunmen abducted 25 girls from a secondary school. Gabrielle Nadler reports.
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Exclusive: The first proof of the use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s civil war
Africa • 7:22 AM
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An investigation by the FRANCE 24 Observers team reveals how chlorine gas was used as a weapon in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. All evidence suggests the Sudanese army used chlorine to recapture a strategic refinery from the Rapid Support Forces militi
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How did chlorine imported to Sudan for water purification end up being used as a poison gas?
Africa • 7:00 AM
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Barrels containing chlorine gas were used as a chemical weapon near an oil refinery in Sudan in September 2024, as shown by the first part of an investigation by the FRANCE 24 Observers. In this second installment, we trace how the barrels were imported
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