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The conflict, which has spread into Nigeria’s northern neighbors, has claimed about 35,000 civilian lives and displaced more than 2 million people in the country’s northeastern region, according to the U.N.
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Oxfam argued that government policies are skewed against the poor and provide leeway for the continent's super-rich to amass even more wealth.
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Ethiopia’s Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay, a SRFTI Kolkata student made ‘A Doll Made Up of Clay’ featuring Nigerian Ibrahim Ahmed, who’d come to Kolkata to play seven-a-side football. The short film was selected at La Cinef competition of 78th Cannes Film Festival. Those behind the film talk about its making and the racism Africans face in India.
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The attack took place from late Friday into the early hours of Saturday in the village of Yelewata, the group said in a post on social media platform X
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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Covid-era novel about mothers and daughters is also an introduction to West African culture, food and history. Look out for the para about Delhi towards the end of the book!
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Nigeria becomes the ninth BRICS partner country, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.
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The victims, including at least four children, collapsed during crowd surges as people grew desperate for food items while the country grapples with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
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The stampede occurred in the early morning hours at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, an upmarket part of Abuja, police spokesman Josephine Adeh said in a statement, adding that more than 1,000 people have been evacuated from the church.
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The stampede occurred at the Islamic High School Basorun in Oyo state.
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The scammers, often posing as medical professionals, lure women with promises of miracle cures. These fraudulent treatments, involving mysterious injections or concoctions, lead to swollen bellies, mimicking the appearance of pregnancy. Women are then convinced that they are carrying a child, despite the lack of any genuine medical evidence.
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Nigeria's 264-run victory over Ivory Coast is now the third-largest margin in T20I history.
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Modi said that India has embarked on a new journey, and the goal is – to build a 'Viksit Bharat' – as he outlined his government's achievements during the last ten years.
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This will be the 17th such international award being conferred to Modi by a country.
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India is currently emerging as a key defence supplier to Africa, with sales to Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tanzania and Mozambique, the report stated.
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This visit is the first by an Indian prime minister to Nigeria in 17 years.
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Discover the significant historical events that occurred on October 18, from Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan to the Jesse Pipeline Explosion and Alaska's joining the United States.
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The explosion occurred past midnight in Jigawa state's Majiya town after the tanker driver lost control of the vehicle while travelling on a highway close to a university, police spokesperson Lawan Adam said.
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On August 27, history witnessed pivotal moments from Mars' closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years to Moldova's declaration of independence. This day also marked significant advances in technology, space exploration, and key political shifts in Nigeria.
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By Felix OnuahABUJA Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu called on Sunday for a suspension of protests against a cost of living crisis, saying this..
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A total of 154 people were trapped under the debris, and everyone apart from those who died was rescued and is being treated for injuries in various hospitals, Sky news said citing a police spokesperson.
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Barkindo Saidu, director general of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, said suspected suicide bombers separately attacked a wedding, funeral and hospital, killing and injuring several people in the town of Gwoza.
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Abductions of students from schools in northern Nigeria are common and have become a source of concern since 2014 when Islamic extremists kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls in Borno state's Chibok village. In recent years, the abductions have been concentrated in northwestern and central regions, where dozens of armed groups often target villagers and travelers for huge ransoms.
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The steep currency declines in Africa should force a switch away from imports toward domestic production and exports. But barriers such as high labour costs, expensive power, poor infrastructure and inefficient regulation limit African firms’ competitiveness. The depreciations could end up reducing both imports and domestic consumption and lead to stagflation
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The London-based company is trying to sell its subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company which operates its onshore assets in the delta to Renaissance Africa Energy Company, a consortium of local companies. Shell says the USD 2.4 billion divestment deal is part of a "wider reconfiguration of the Nigerian oil and gas sector.
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194 Nigerian students studying in Sudan have fled to India and Northern Cyrus to continue education.
