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Vigilantes intervene: Terrorists kidnap 287 school children in Nigeria: An armed group attacks a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnaps hundreds of students ...
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Vigilantes intervene: Terrorists kidnap 287 school children in Nigeria
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An intelligent look at war: A new book examines the use and abuse of military intelligence gathering in Africa
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An intelligent look at war
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Nigeria : More kidnappings are feared as state body prepares intervention measures | Africanews
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Nigeria : More kidnappings are feared as state body prepares intervention ...
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Nigeria kidnappings: Who's behind them and what do they want: Nigeria is one of the world's kidnapping hot spots. DW explains who carries out the abductions ...
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Nigeria kidnappings: Who's behind them and what do they want
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Nigeria reels from two mass kidnappings, mainly women and children: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu condemned the killings in Borno and Kaduna states.
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Nigeria reels from two mass kidnappings, mainly women and children
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Nigerians struggle with soaring prices as Ramadan begins | Africanews: The country has just emerged from an embargo lasting almost eight months ...
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Nigerians struggle with soaring prices as Ramadan begins | Africanews
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Boko Haram kidnaps more children +++ Ramaphosa criticises opposition DA party +++ Attacks continue in Gaza despite Ramadan
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What do you make of the threats made by the fighters? Former Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria have threatened to return to the forest and continue with their ... Show more
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Europe's failure in the Sahel: Finally out of France's shadow: The Sahel region snubs the West and turns to Russia. This is a foreign policy disaster for the ...
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Europe's failure in the Sahel: Finally out of France's shadow
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Russia undermining relationship of critical West African ally with the US, officials say
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Russia undermining relationship of critical West African ally with the US ...
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Niger: Why is ex-president Bazoum still being held?: The coup prisoner: More than seven months after coming to power, the military junta in Niger is still ...
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Niger: Why is ex-president Bazoum still being held?
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Man working as watchman at Osmania University lands two government jobs: Golle Praveen Kumar prepared for competitive exams while working as a night watchman at ...
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Man working as watchman at Osmania University lands two government jobs
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Nigeria reopens land, air borders with Niger, lifts other sanctions: Nigeria, in compliance with an ECOWAS resolution, imposed sanctions on Niger following the ...
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Nigeria reopens land, air borders with Niger, lifts other sanctions
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ECOWAS searches for fresh unity as Niger, others attempt sub-regional bloc: With the ECOWAS lifting economic and travel sanctions imposed on Burkina Faso, Guinea ...
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ECOWAS searches for fresh unity as Niger, others attempt sub-regional bloc
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Nearly 300 children abducted from their school by heavily armed gunmen in latest mass kidnapping in Nigeria's Kaduna statewww.dailysabah.com/world/africa/almost-300-students-abducted-by-gunmen-in-northern-nigeria
Quick Glance: Large Number of Students Abducted in Nigeria - Alarming
  • Following the abduction of over 200 individuals, mostly women and children, by gunmen in northeastern Nigeria, another attack occurred.

  • A school headteacher reported that armed men attacked a primary school in Nigeria's northwest region and abducted nearly 300 students.

  • The attack took place shortly after the morning assembly at 8 am, where almost 200 pupils were taken hostage before aid arrived.

  • The recent attacks highlight the deteriorating security crisis in Nigeria, which led to several hundred casualties in 2023 according to an AP analysis.
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Nigeria: A priest offers help to victims of Boko Haram: The terrorist militia has been kidnapping, raping and murdering women for years. There are thousands of ...
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Nigeria: A priest offers help to victims of Boko Haram
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JUST IN: Nine out of 102 abducted Borno IDPs return home: Nine out of the 102 Gamboru-Ngala, Borno State IDPs reportedly abducted by Boko Haram terrorists while ...
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JUST IN: Nine out of 102 abducted Borno IDPs return home
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Reps demand rescue of 200 abducted Borno women: The House of Representatives, on Thursday, urged security agencies to rescue about 200 women reportedly kidnapped ...
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Reps demand rescue of 200 abducted Borno women
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200 people, mostly women and children, abducted in northeastern Nigeria: At least 35,000 people have been killed and more than 2 million displaced due to the ...
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200 people, mostly women and children, abducted in northeastern Nigeria
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At least 287 students have been reportedly kidnapped from a school in Nigeria. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack ... Show more
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A voice from the ground: Moussa Tchangari's book about the Sahel: Human rights activist Moussa Tchangari from Niger analyzes the geopolitical background of the ...
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A voice from the ground: Moussa Tchangari's book about the Sahel
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Niger isolated and suspicious despite end of sanctions: The political and economic standoff between Niamey and ECOWAS, which is demanding the release of deposed ...
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Niger isolated and suspicious despite end of sanctions
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Ex-Fighters Threaten to Return to the Bush: Frustrated by unmet needs, former Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria are threatening to resume their ...
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Ex-Fighters Threaten to Return to the Bush
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Nigeria: Suspected MIlitants Kidnap Nearly 50 Women in Nigeria: The kidnappings occurred in a remote area in northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram and Islamic ...
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Nigeria: Suspected MIlitants Kidnap Nearly 50 Women in Nigeria
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Junta-ruled Niger, Mali and Burkina creating joint force to fight Sahel region's worsening jihadi insurgency https://arab.news/rxp4g
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Rangers CEO makes NPFL debut in Tornadoes win: Seven-time NPFL champions, Enugu Rangers secured a 2-0 away win over Niger Tornadoes as their general manager and ...
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Rangers CEO makes NPFL debut in Tornadoes win
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Tensions Rise in Chad: The Struggle for Civilian Rule: In Chad's capital, N'Djamena, the sound of gunfire echoed a day after announcing presidential ...
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Tensions Rise in Chad: The Struggle for Civilian Rule
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ECOWAS bloc lifts sanctions on junta-led Niger: ECOWAS said it had decided to lift Niger sanctions including border closures, the freezing of central bank and ...
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ECOWAS bloc lifts sanctions on junta-led Niger
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Gaza mourners hold funeral outside hospital for 25 killed by Israel | Africanews: This week the United States vetoed another draft resolution calling for a ...
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Gaza mourners hold funeral outside hospital for 25 killed by Israel | ...
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Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso break away from key West African bloc: All three countries are led by military juntas, who issued a joint statement announcing their ...
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Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso break away from key West African bloc
Quick Glance: Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Withdraw from ECOWAS
  • The three nations announce their withdrawal from ECOWAS, citing the organization as a threat to member states.

  • In a joint statement, they accuse ECOWAS of being influenced by foreign powers and betraying its founding principles.

  • They accuse the regional body of not supporting their fight against terrorism and imposing illegitimate sanctions.

  • ECOWAS states that it was not notified of the countries' decision to leave the bloc.
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Niger misses debt payment, default up to almost $520 million: Niger last week missed a debt payment of 13.4 billion CFA francs ($22 million) ...
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Niger misses debt payment, default up to almost $520 million
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Nigeria's Yakubu Gowon, the last living founding father of ECOWAS calls for its rescue | Africanews
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Nigeria's Yakubu Gowon, the last living founding father of ECOWAS calls ...
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Niger defaults on debt payments again as post-coup woes pile: The West African state’s total debt default since last July’s coup is now $519m.
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Niger defaults on debt payments again as post-coup woes pile
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Gowon asks ECOWAS to lift sanctions on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso: Mr Gowon, who was one of the founders of ECOWAS as Nigeria's military head of state in May ...
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Gowon asks ECOWAS to lift sanctions on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
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Clean up Niger Delta before quiting, women group tells Shell: The Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre and their allied community-based women's ...
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Clean up Niger Delta before quiting, women group tells Shell
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Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso to form confederation: The governments of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have made public their plans to form a confederation following ...
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Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso to form confederation
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Boko Haram destroys 330KVA power towers in Yobe: “The transmission towers are located in Kasaisa in Damaturu Local Government Area of the state and supply ...
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Boko Haram destroys 330KVA power towers in Yobe
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Repentant terrorists swore by Quran, can’t return to killings – Borno: The Borno State government said, on Wednesday, that the 160,000 repentant  Boko Haram ...
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Repentant terrorists swore by Quran, can’t return to killings – Borno
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West Africa bloc urges Burkina, Niger and Mali not to withdraw: The West African regional bloc ECOWAS pushed junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali to reconsider ...
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West Africa bloc urges Burkina, Niger and Mali not to withdraw
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French nationals will no longer be allowed to fly into Niger, airline sources said Thursday, as the rift between Paris and Niamey deepens following last year's ... Show more
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Coup juntas threaten to quit West Africa bloc: Here’s what it means for the region — and Russia
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Coup juntas threaten to quit West Africa bloc: Here’s what it means for ...
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The 2024 budget of the North-central state also states that N2.2 billion was budgeted for the same project in 2023. However ... Show more
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Since Sunday evening, suspected members of the Boko Haram have taken over Pandogari-Allawa road in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State ... Show more
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EDITORIAL: ECOWAS and the burden of the Sahelian contagion: PREMIUM TIMES believes that the message in all of this for ECOWAS is: good governance and an economy ...
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EDITORIAL: ECOWAS and the burden of the Sahelian contagion
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Indigenes are inviting herdsmen from Niger – Benue gov: Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has raised the alarm that some indigenes of the state are importing ...
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Indigenes are inviting herdsmen from Niger – Benue gov
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Constitution review: Senate to prioritise state police, power devolution: The Senate has stated that it would give priority to the state police and devolution of ...
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Constitution review: Senate to prioritise state police, power devolution
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Convert B’Haram hideouts to farmlands, clergy urges FG: The  General Overseer, INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele ...
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Convert B’Haram hideouts to farmlands, clergy urges FG
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French nationals no longer allowed to fly into Niger ++ UN court to rule on lawsuit against Russia
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Mama Boko Haram, two others jailed for N40m fraud
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Mama Boko Haram, two others jailed for N40m fraud
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Boko Haram: 500 detained suspects released in Borno: The suspects were being held at a Nigerian Army detention facility at Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri
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Boko Haram: 500 detained suspects released in Borno
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Traders in massive food diversion to Niger Republic, Cameroon, others: There have also been cases of traders accused of hoarding food items for transfer to ...
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Traders in massive food diversion to Niger Republic, Cameroon, others
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West Africa’s Brexit Moment Could Fuel Regional Turmoil | by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate
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West Africa’s Brexit Moment Could Fuel Regional Turmoil | by Adekeye ...
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UNICEF donates health centre to surrendered B’Haram camp - Healthwise: The United Nations Children’s Fund has donated a primary healthcare clinic to the Borno ...
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UNICEF donates health centre to surrendered B’Haram camp - Healthwise
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