African Stories Archives - Page 2 of 6

November 26, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

Catholic Bishop Slams Nigerian Government Over Abducted Schoolchildren

The Catholic Church in Niger State, Nigeria, has accused the government of failing to take meaningful action to rescue more than 250 students abducted from St Mary’s Catholic Boarding...

November 26, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

Jacob Zuma’s Daughter Files Complaint Alleging Sister Recruited Mercenaries for Russia-Ukraine War

One of former South African President Jacob Zuma’s daughters, Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube, has filed a criminal complaint against her sister, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, accusing her of recruiting South African men to...

November 24, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

Nigerian Arrested in Akyem Wenchi Over Alleged Murder of FRSC Officer and Daughter

A 26-year-old Nigerian, Victor Benjamin Fejemirokun, has been apprehended by the Eastern South Regional Police Command in Ghana for his alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of a...

November 24, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

TikToker in Court for Allegedly Staging Fake Kidnapping to Boost Online Popularity

The Edo State Police Command has taken a 24-year-old TikTok content creator, Osarobo Omoyemen, before the court over claims that she orchestrated her own “kidnapping” in an attempt to...

November 23, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

Africa Calls for Tripling Adaptation Finance by 2030

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged governments to deliver a balanced and actionable climate agreement at COP30, one that ensures credible emissions reductions, concrete adaptation funding, and reliable financial...

November 23, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

Students Taken in, Attack on Catholic School in Central Nigeria

A number of students have been abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, marking the second mass kidnapping of students in the country within a week. The incident...

November 15, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

Africa Faces Worst Cholera Outbreak in 25 Years, Africa CDC Reports

Africa is grappling with its most severe cholera outbreak in a quarter-century, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reported, attributing the surge to fragile...

November 15, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

Nigeria Scraps Mother-Tongue Teaching Policy, Reinstates English as Medium of Instruction

The Nigerian government has reversed a major education reform, cancelling a policy that required indigenous languages to be used as the medium of teaching in early primary education. The...

November 10, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

Alban Bagbin Takes Helm of African Legislators’ Anti-Corruption Network

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been elected President of the African Parliamentarians’ Network Against Corruption (APNAC) during its 9th Biennial General Meeting held in Accra. Assuming...

November 8, 2025
Louisa Afful
African Stories

AU Backs Nigeria’s Sovereignty, Rejects US Allegations of Religious Persecution

The African Union Commission (AUC) has reaffirmed its unwavering support for Nigeria’s sovereignty, unity, and religious freedom, amid recent criticisms from the United States accusing the Nigerian government of...