Nigerians call for government action against worsening insecurity
Africa • Dec 18, 2025, 6:18 PM
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Hundreds of members of Nigeria's main labour union take to the streets, demanding urgent government action against worsening insecurity, including kidnappings and killings that they say affects their safety and livelihoods. Also, Sierra Leone declares its Mpox epidemic over, signalling the end of a health emergency that saw over 5,000 cases and 60 fatalities in the country. Survivors, though, say they remain discriminated against. Plus the final preparations are underway in Morocco, which is gearing up to host the Africa Cup of Nations from this Sunday.
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Sudan's prime minister takes his peace plan to the UN
Africa • 9:17 PM
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In tonight's edition, Sudan's prime minister urged members of the United Nations Security Council to stand "on the right side of history" as he laid out his plan to end the war in Sudan. Also, voters gear up to head to the polls in the Central African Re
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Libyan army chief of staff found dead in plane wreckage, PM says
Africa • 8:39 PM
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Libyan military chief Muhammad Ali Ahmad al Haddad and four others died in a plane crash in Turkey on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has confirmed. Turkey's air traffic controllers lost contact with a jet carrying the Libyan delegatio
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Africa Cup of Nations 2025: Senegal to face Botswana this afternoon
Africa • 3:58 PM
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Selina Sykes is in Rabat, Marocco.
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Nigerians welcome 130 schoolchildren and teachers released after mass abduction
Africa • 11:47 AM
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Nigerians on Monday got their first look at 130 children and teachers released after being seized in one of the largest mass abductions in the country's history. Some of the children appeared to be malnourished or in shock as they arrived at a government
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Sudan's prime minister takes his peace plan to the United Nations
Africa • 11:44 AM
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Sudan’s prime minister on Monday proposed a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day war with a rival paramilitary force, but the United States urged both sides to accept the Trump administration’s call for an immediate humanitarian truce.
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Sudan's worsening humanitarian crisis: Doctors struggle to respond
Africa • 10:28 AM
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Luis Angel Argote Rodriguez, MSF Fed coordinator, is out guest.
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Gunmen kidnap 28 en route to Muslim religious event in central Nigeria
Africa • 2:10 AM
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Gunmen in central Nigeria have abducted 28 people, including women and children, after ambushing a vehicle travelling to a Muslim religious gathering. The incident is the latest in a wave of mass kidnappings that has intensified scrutiny of the country’s
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