Opposition parties insist he’s plotting to be President-for-life; Touadera vs 6 opponents battle in CAR
Six presidential candidates will face off against the Central African Republic's incumbent leader Faustin Archange Touadera on Saturday (December 27, 2025). The opposition has accused Touadera, first elected in 2016,…
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A bomb killed at least 26 people at a local government building in north-central Nigeria on Tuesday, authorities said -- marking the latest in a series of recent deadly attacks…
UK honors victims with moment of silence
Britain marked a moment of silence Friday to remember 30 of its citizens killed a week ago in a brutal terror attack on a Tunisian beach.
USAfrica BreakingNEWS: Female suicide bomber targets mosque in Kano
USAfrica BreakingNEWS: Female suicide bomber targets mosque in Kano; shortly after Jos blasts A female suicide bomber, in what seems part of a pattern of new attacks on mosques, detonated…
Scores killed as church, mosques targeted
A series of blasts, some of them targeting places of worship, has killed scores of people in Nigeria, where the military is battling the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
Why are Nigerians terrified of same-sex marriage in America?
Late in 2014 when my friend, Zachary, invited me to his wedding taking place in The Berkshires this September, I was less concerned about having to travel all the way…
Egypt terror law could target press
A new anti-terrorism law in Egypt will make publishing news that contradicts the official version of events in terrorism-related cases a crime punishable by prison sentences, a setback for the…
USAfrica BrkNEWS: 2 explosions rock central Nigerian city of Jos
2 explosions rock central Nigerian city of Jos Special to USAfricaonline.com, and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. Follow USAfrica at Facebook.com/USAfricaChido , Facebook.com/USAfrica247 and Twitter.com/Chido247 Two blasts rocked the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, the police said,…
Nigeria: Church bombing kills 5
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a church Sunday in the Nigerian town of Potiskum, killing the priest and four other worshippers, witnesses and police told CNN.
Tunisia declares state of emergency
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday declared a 30-day state of emergency, saying another attack such as last week's terrorist massacre at a beach hotel would "cause the country…
Leopard attacks guide at game park
A guide at South Africa's most famous national park survived a leopard attack after a tourist scared the animal away with his car, Kruger National Park said.
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