Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, said Saturday it had shut its schools “indefinitely with immediate effect” as the country faces a wave of pro-democracy protests.Students of the tiny, landlocked nation formerly known as Swaziland have been pr…
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Gunmen Abduct 3 Catholic Seminarians in Nigeria’s Northwest
Gunmen seized three student priests from a Catholic seminary in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state, police and school authorities said Tuesday.The assailants stormed the Christ The King Major Seminary late Monday night and opened fire at the cafeteria wh…
NATO Studying ‘Options’ to Bolster Africa Anti-Jihadi Force, UN Says
NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel Joint Force in the troubled three-borders region of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where a surge in jihadis violence has cost thousands of lives, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio G…
Malawi Leader Orders Wider Use of Sign Language
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered sign language to be used on all television stations and at official functions, and to be recognized as a national language.Chakwera said he was concerned with challenges deaf people in the country face la…
Fear of Bandits Keeps Students in Nigeria’s Kaduna State Away From School
Nigerian authorities have reopened schools in northern Kaduna state after closing them for two months due to insecurity. The region has suffered a string of armed kidnappings and the U.N. Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says about one million Nigerian childre…
Fear of Bandits Keeps Students in Nigeria’s Kaduna State Away From School
Nigerian authorities have reopened schools in northern Kaduna state after closing them for two months due to insecurity. The region has suffered a string of armed kidnappings and the U.N. Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says about one million Nigerian childre…