U.S. Immigration: USCIS cuts reuse of photos to 36 months
Special to USAfricanonline.com The U.S. immigration agency has revised its biometric policy, limiting reuse of photographs to 3 years and ending acceptance of self-submitted images. The White House characterizes the…
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Nigerian soldiers in Benin Republic. By Suyi Ayodele
I have been asking if whatever President Bola Tinubu did in Cotonou on Sunday, December 7, 2025, is worth celebrating. My mind keeps racing to the now extinct town of…
Burkina Faso forces Nigerian military plane to land over airspace violation
The Government of Burkina Faso has announced that a Nigerian Air Force aircraft carrying 11 military personnel was compelled to land in its territory on Monday after allegedly breaching Burkinabe…
TikTok Shuts Down Late-Night LIVE Feature in Nigeria Over Safety Concerns
TikTok has suspended nighttime livestreams in Nigeria following a rise in livestreams showing explicit sexual content. The restriction began around midnight on Sunday, December 7, 2025, after users received an…
Nigeria Celebrates Release of 100 Abducted Catholic Schoolchildren
Nigeria has confirmed the rescue of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, in what has been described as one of the largest school kidnappings…
U.S. Supreme Court signals conservative shift in revisiting precedents
The U.S. Supreme Court has signaled a willingness to revisit and potentially overturn its own past rulings in the coming months, highlighting how its conservative majority is reconsidering the weight…
M23 Rebels consolidate power in Eastern Congo despite Trump’s peace claims
Hundreds of civilians attended a two-week training program run by the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, aimed at preparing a new class of “executives” to support…
Tanzania urges citizens to stay at home ahead of planned protests
Tanzania’s Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has urged citizens to remain indoors on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, as activists call for nationwide protests over what they describe as the violent suppression…
Nigeria: Police uncover over 100 bodies in suspected organ-harvesting den in Imo
Authorities in Imo State, southeast Nigeria, have sealed off a hotel and private mortuary allegedly linked to a suspected kidnapper after a police raid uncovered more than 100 decomposed and…
Trump Signals Possible Intervention in $72 Billion Netflix–Warner Bros. Merger
Washington, D.C. — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, December 7, 2025, that he intends to play a decisive role in determining whether the proposed $72 billion merger between…
Nigeria confirms military intervention to quell coup in Benin
Abuja, Nigeria — The Nigerian government has confirmed that its armed forces intervened in the Republic of Benin on Sunday, December 7, 2025, following an attempted coup aimed at toppling…
Ivory Coast President Ouattara takes oath for fourth term
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire was sworn in on Monday, December 8, 2025, for a fourth five-year term, following an October election marred by low voter turnout and a…
ECOWAS deploys standby force after failed coup in Benin
Abuja, Nigeria — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the immediate deployment of its standby force to the Republic of Benin following an attempted military coup…
Bobi Wine alleges assault by security forces ahead of Uganda election
Kampala, Dec. 7 — Uganda’s opposition leader and presidential candidate Bobi Wine has accused security forces of assaulting him and several of his supporters during a campaign stop in the…
Benin Republic in Turmoil as government says Coup Plot foiled
Cotonou/Porto-Novo, December 7, 2025 — Fear and confusion swept through Benin Republic on Sunday after a group of soldiers stormed national television and boldly declared that they had seized power…
Police State or State Police? By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On 26 November 2025, Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, announced in a statement personally signed by him that he had “decided to declare a nationwide security emergency” to be accompanied…
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