57 feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya coast: UN
KHUMS, Libya: A boat carrying refugees has capsized off Libya, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead, a UN migration official has said. Safa Msehli,...
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Traumatised and broken: the plight of children in conflict zones
“I feel a lot of terror, and now that terror is getting bigger. We started to sleep in the hallway because I’m so afraid… I’m...
Gunmen kidnap 140 students in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria: About 140 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. Police claimed they were in hot pursuit...
Grossly understated: US army admits to ‘unintentionally’ killing 23 civilians in 2020
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The US military has admitted responsibility for “unintentionally” killing at least 23 civilians in foreign war zones in 2020. The figure is...
Over 20 students kidnapped from Islamic school in northern Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria: An armed gang abducted around 20 students from an Islamic school in the northcentral Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state...
Nigerian army chief killed in air crash
ABUJA, Nigeria: Nigeria’s army chief, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, has been killed in a plane crash in the north-western state of Kaduna, officials say. The incident...
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys released, local governor says
ABUJA, Nigeria: Hundreds of schoolboys who were kidnapped in north-western Nigeria nearly a week ago have been released, a local official said late on Thursday,...
Boko Haram claims kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian students
ABUJA, Nigeria: The Boko Haram group has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in northwest Nigeria. More than 300 students are...
Over 300 students missing after Nigeria school attack
ABUJA, Nigeria: More than 300 schoolboys are still missing after gunmen stormed a secondary school in Kankara, a town in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state. Authorities...
Over 100 civilians killed in Nigeria massacre
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: A gruesome massacre against farmers in north-eastern Nigeria killed at least 110 people, the United Nations has said, raising tolls initially indicating 43...