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Nigeria: 10 kidnapped in Kwara as gang seizures continue

Ten women and children have been taken in the western state while police said one woman had managed to flee the scene. It is the latest kidnapping in a country beset by long-brewing conflicts.Police said on Tuesday that gunmen in the Nigerian state of...

US envoy urges Sudan rivals to accept ceasefire plan

Washington has been stepping up diplomatic pressure as its regional partners attempt to push Sudan's warring commanders toward a humanitarian truce after two years of conflict.US President Donald Trump's envoy for Africa, Massad Boulos, on Tuesday urged Sudan's rival commanders to accept an international...

Brazil: Ex-President Bolsonaro to remain jailed at police HQ

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro will remain in a special room at police headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, as he begins serving a 27-year prison sentence for a coup bid.The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his sentence...

Deadly floods hit southern Thailand after heavy rains

Thailand is battling severe monsoon flooding as rescue teams move people to safety across multiple provinces. Over a dozen people are dead and the major response has included the deployment of an aircraft carrier.Severe rainfall caused destructive flooding in southern Thailand, leaving the tourist...

Hakyung Lee was convicted of murdering her children, aged eight and six in 2018, before putting their bodies in suitcases. The bodies were discovered in 2022 after the auction of an abandoned storage unit.A New Zealand woman who killed her two young children and...

It’s false – FCTA denies reports on early closure of schools, Wike suspends Mandate Sec

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has debunked the report that all government schools in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, were mandated to close by November 28, 2025, stating that “no such decision was taken Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and...