Emotions High, Hope Alive After Nigerian School Abduction
Parents have been living through trauma since armed gangs stormed the St Mary’s Catholic boarding school in remote village of Papiri in Niger state and herded away more than 300 children.
Author: Wadh Kassim
French Court Jails Doctor for Life for Poisoning 30 Patients, Killing 12
Frederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics in the eastern city of Besancon, when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017. Twelve could not be resuscitated.
Indian pride as Asiatic lions roar back
The Asiatic lion, slightly smaller than their African cousins, and identified by a fold of skin along its belly, historically roamed from the Middle East to India.
Saudi Sets New Death Penalty Record After Executing 340 in 2025: AFP tally
Since the start of 2025, Saudi Arabia has executed 232 people in drug-related cases, constituting the majority of the 340 executions carried out so far, according to AFP’s tally, based on ministry and SPA announcements.
UN Urges Release of 10,000 Arbitrarily Detained in Eritrea
It said during their detention in Mai Serwa prison, near the capital Asmara, some had been confined to metal containers where temperatures fluctuated between extreme heat and bitter cold.
Trapped, Starving and Afraid in Besieged Sudan City
Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have ravaged the South Kordofan state capital, with strikes intensifying in recent weeks.
Zelensky holds new talks with US envoys on ending Ukraine war
Ukraine hopes to convince the US that a ceasefire must be agreed without prior territorial concessions to Russia, while the country’s European allies stress that any deal must bring a “just peace” and ensure Russia does not resume hostilities in future.
Kenya Celebrates Jamhuri Day: 61 Years Of Freedom
Jamhuri Day, observed every December 12, commemorates Kenya’s independence from Britain in 1963 and the country’s transition into a republic exactly one year later, on December 12, 1964
M23 Consolidates Control of DR Congo City, Bodies in Streets
Around 10 bodies were collected from the streets between Wednesday and Thursday, according to local sources and witnesses.
Tanzania Opposition Says 2,000 Killed in Election Violence
Opposition party Chadema’s deputy chairperson John Heche told reporters that Tanzania witnessed “mass killings of more than 2,000 people and over 5,000 injured in the space of just one week”.
