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Troops eliminate 10 Boko Haram terrorists in Lake Chad basin raid
Troops of the Nigerian military under Operation Hadin Kai have neutralized at least 10 Boko Haram terrorists in a fierce gun battle during a clearance operation in the Lake Chad Basin region. According to a statement released by the Director of...

Zulum flags off Lake Chad waterway clearance at Baga Fish Dam
Borno Government has commenced comprehensive clearance of Lake Chad Waterways as part of efforts to revive economic activities and enhance security in the region after years By: Hamza Suleiman Borno Government has commenced comprehensive clearance...

Over 200 Boko Haram terrorists surrender in Lake Chad
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) on Wednesday disclosed that 210 Boko Haram terrorists, including conscripted fighters and their families, have surrendered to its troops operating under Sector 2 in Bol, Baga Sola. Spokesman of MNJTF, Lt....

Three local banks make priority list of African Export-Import Bank
The banks in the favoured list include the SCB Cameroun, Ecobank and Afriland First Bank. Business in Cameroon reports that the four banks, will be the only participants when the government, through the Ministry of Finance, floats a new series of...

Chad Arab Poetry Forum: A canvas of culture
The Republic of Chad hosted the fourth edition of the Arab Poetry Forum on Wednesday, in the capital, N'Djamena. The two-day event was organised by the Cultural Affairs Department at the Sharjah Department of Culture, in cooperation with the...

What Nigeria, Cameroon must do to stop ISWAP’s expansion in Lake Chad basin
Since 2021, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has intensified its footprint in Cameroon’s Far North Region through increased extortion of communities and a spate of brutal attacks on military barracks in Borno (Nigeria) and...

African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Received His Excellency Mahamat Ali Hassan, Ambassador Of Chad
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. @ymahmoudali received H.E. Mahamat Ali Hassan, Ambassador of Chad to Ethiopia&Permanent Representative to the AU this morning. They discussed the political&humanitarian...

Media reports more African nations facing US visa prohibition
(MENAFN) The United States is reportedly preparing to broaden its controversial visa restrictions to include citizens from 36 more countries—25 of which are in Africa—according to an internal State Department memo cited by The Washington Post over...

Coups In West Africa Have Five Things In Common: Knowing What They Are Is K
August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d’état. While the event reshaped Mali’s domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a broader wave of military takeovers that swept...

Sudanese Refugee Crisis in Chad Reaches Breaking Point Amid Aid Shortfalls
June 30, 2025 Hour: 2:35 pm The humanitarian situation for Sudanese refugees in Chad has reached a critical stage, with over 844,000 people having fled into the country since the outbreak of civil war in Sudan in April 2023. According to the UN...
Africa's Great Green Wall gets 222 mln USD in FAO grant to strengthen resilience
NIAMEY, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Niger have signed an agreement on a 222-million-U.S.-dollar grant for stronger resilience of Africa's Great Green Wall project. The agreement was...

West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising...
More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country's military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...

Troops Crush 10 Terrorists Near Cameroon Border in Major Lake Chad Offensive
By Chimezie Godfrey Troops of Operation HADIN KAI and the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), backed by Hybrid Forces and other security agencies, have neutralised 10 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in a fierce gun battle along the...

Lawyers of Chadian jailed opposition leader call on Macron to intervene
Lawyers in Chad representing former prime minister and opposition leader Succès Masra have issued a formal appeal to French President Emmanuel Macron, urging him to intervene in what they describe as a politically motivated legal case after Masra...

Africa Doesn’t Need Another Wallet App: It Needs a Seat at the Table (Op-ed)
Crypto adoption is accelerating around the world. And with it, a wave of well-funded projects keeps promising financial inclusion in Africa. For years, they’ve pledged to serve the unbanked. But all too often, they deliver little more than press...

Travel ban risks US relations with Africa
The United States' renewed travel restrictions on many African countries could have far-reaching consequences beyond diplomatic tension, economic experts warn, posing a risk to the region's development by disrupting remittances, trade flows and...

Jihadist groups exploiting Starlink amid African expansion, new report warns
Over the past two years, numerous photos and videos posted online by militant factions have shown Starlink terminals in active use, raising alarm among regional governments and international partners. Le Monde reports that in June 2024, a Starlink...

Nigerian travellers pay N274,500 different taxes on each international flight – Findings
Air passengers flying out of Nigeria are paying one of the highest amounts in taxes and charges across Africa, with an average cost of $180 (N275,500) per international departure, nearly three times the continental average of $68, according to a...

Notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji’s surrender not genuine – Security expert warns
A counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, has said the reported decision of notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji to surrender and accept peace is motivated by survival, not genuine repentance....

West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising – and four ways to respond
More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country’s military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...