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US slams Liberia ex-warlord’s elevation to top defence job

The United States has condemned in a strongly worded statement the nomination of notorious former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson to a top defence post...

Senegal museum reopening celebrates art ‘back on African soil’

Like many other museums around the world, the Theodore-Monod museum of art in Dakar reopened this week after over a year of pandemic-induced closure...

Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader ‘badly wounded’: sources

Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival Islamic State-allied...

Zambia’s opposition leader launches presidential bid

Zambia's top opposition figure Hakainde Hichilemaon Wednesday launched his campaign for an August 12 presidential election, promising to end hunger and boost education. The impoverished...

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Kim Flexes US-Range Missile Before Trump Trip

North Korea unveiled the Hwasong-20 ICBM, capable of striking the US mainland, at a new defence museum as Donald Trump hinted at a meeting with Kim Jong Un at the APEC summit in China this November. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened a new Defence Revolution Museum...

US Threatens Military Aid Cuts to Nigeria Over Child Soldiers Washington raises concerns over child recruitment by armed groups and gaps in Nigeria’s anti-trafficking efforts. The United States has placed Nigeria on its Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list, raising the possibility of restrictions on military assistance, arms sales...

Oyedele Seeks IMF Reforms Over $500bn Debt Cost Gap

Nigeria’s finance minister calls for fairer global lending policies, cheaper financing and stronger support for developing economies. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has called for reforms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, warning that rising debt costs are...