Explainer: Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?
Nigeria’s government has previously said in response to Trump’s criticisms that people of many faiths, not just Christians, have suffered at the hands of these groups.
By The Guardian
Dec 26, 2025
US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria
By BBC News
Dec 26, 2025
Malawians angry over vice-president's planned UK trip
By BBC News
Dec 24, 2025
Belgium joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ
Meanwhile, the United States and several of its European allies continue to provide military and financial support to Israel.
By Al Jazeera
Dec 24, 2025
An alleged drug cartel and a murdered witness: South Africa's police corruption probe
The Madlanga Commission is carrying out its work in three phases; the first phase gave witnesses a chance to present their allegations.
By BBC News
Dec 24, 2025
Have the American Pope and the American administration fallen out?
When cardinals gathered at the papal conclave in May, Romero had hoped for a "Trump-like Pope," with a similar outlook to the president.
By BBC News
Dec 24, 2025
Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years
According to Danish law, the option to send a letter must exist. This means that if Dao were to stop delivering letters, the government would be obliged to appoint somebody else to do it.
By The Guardian
Dec 23, 2025
You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump
Trump on Sunday appointed the governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, as US special envoy to the vast, mineral-rich Arctic island.
By The Guardian
Dec 23, 2025
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
Federal prosecutors in New York brought sex trafficking charges against Epstein in 2019, but he killed himself in jail after his arrest.
By AP
Dec 21, 2025
Nine killed, 10 injured in South Africa shooting, police hunt for suspects
The incident occurred just before 1 a.m. local time (2300 GMT) at a licensed tavern in Johannesburg's Bekkersdal township, the police said in a statement.
By Reuters
Dec 21, 2025
Trump expands travel ban list to Zimbabwe and 38 other countries
Nationals of countries on the list face restrictions on travel to the United States.
By CNN
Dec 17, 2025
DRC accuses Rwanda of peace deal violations as M23 advances in the east
Rwanda denies backing M23, but says it faces a threat from armed groups with links to the 1994 Rwandan genocide present in eastern DRC.
By Aljazeera
Dec 9, 2025
Trump administration wants airlines, airports to offer healthier food, exercise options
Duffy last month urged airlines to add healthier on-board food options and to dump salty pretzels and calorie-laden cookies.
By Reuters
Dec 9, 2025
Mohamed Salah has been left out of the squad for Liverpool's Champions League match at Inter Milan.
Furthermore, there are currently no plans for Salah to leave Liverpool any earlier than December 15 (which is the latest release date) for the Africa Cup of Nations.
By BBC Sports
Dec 8, 2025
Uganda opposition candidate says he was beaten by security forces
Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, is challenging 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni for the second time after coming second in the last election in 2021.
By Reuters
Dec 7, 2025
As Russia’s Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes
When the Africa Corps replaced Wagner six months ago, weary civilians hoped for less brutality. The United Nations says they have been abused by all sides in the conflict.
By AP
Dec 7, 2025
Benin’s interior minister says a coup announced earlier has been foiled
The regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), condemned the short-lived coup in a statement.
By AP
Dec 7, 2025
Trump vows to freeze migration from ‘Third World Countries’ after D.C. attack
The alleged gunman, identified by officials as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was granted asylum this year under Trump, according to a U.S. government file.
By Reuters
Nov 28, 2025
Stone-throwing anger unnerves Zambia's 'fix-it' president
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has come out fighting after a bruising month that saw him come under attack by stone throwers as he was trying to make a speech.
By BBC News
Nov 28, 2025
Guinea-Bissau president flees to Senegal after coup
Dias was supported by former Prime Minister Domingos Pereira, who had been disqualified from running.
By BBC News
Nov 28, 2025
Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction
However, some Nigerian officials have suggested that the number of those kidnapped may be lower.
By BBC News
Nov 26, 2025
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
The former navy commander Adm Almir Garnier Santos, who received a 24-year sentence, was reportedly arrested by navy officials and held on a navy base.
By The Guardian
Nov 26, 2025
Daughter of South Africa's ex-president accuses sister of Russia recruitment plot
Zuma-Sambudla has been accused of fuelling this unrest but she says the charges against her are politically motivated.
By BBC News
Nov 26, 2025
The singer and songwriter Jimmy Cliff, who has died aged 81, was one of Jamaica’s most celebrated performers
The singer and songwriter Jimmy Cliff, who has died aged 81, was one of Jamaica’s most celebrated performers
By The Guardian
Nov 25, 2025
Tanzania cancels independence day celebrations after election unrest
Election observers have since reported signs that the vote was manipulated and fell short of democratic standards.
By BBC News
Nov 25, 2025
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
The location data is visible in a new "about this account" tab which appears on every profile.
By BBC News
Nov 25, 2025
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
The Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in Ethiopia’s Afar region about 500 miles north-east of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border, erupted on Sunday for several hours.
By The Guardian
Nov 25, 2025
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, the singer and actor whose mellifluous voice helped to turn reggae into a global phenomenon, has died aged 81.
By The Guardian
Nov 24, 2025
UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight
But in a fractious era of nationalism, war and distrust, the talks did not collapse as was feared. Multilateralism held – just.
By The Guardian
Nov 24, 2025
Inside the CPC’s expanding architecture for exporting China’s governance model
One strand of this system also operates through the Party’s high-level political exchanges.
By One World Outlook
Nov 21, 2025
Dissecting Zimbabwe’s industrial collapse: Why conventional corporate governance thinking is part of the problem
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Explainer: Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?
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