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Hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls freed, Nigerian governor says
Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls have been freed. The government last week said 317 had been kidnapped.
- by Lekan Oyekanmi
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Kidnappers release Nigerian schoolboys as search for 300 abducted girls continues
Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the northern state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state.
Police confirm 317 schoolgirls kidnapped in night-time raid in Nigeria
Parents said they had no faith in authorities to return their kidnapped girls and would follow them into a forest where police believes they are being held.
- by Hamza Ibrahim
First free coronavirus vaccines distributed
The arrival of 600,000 doses of vaccine in the West African country marks the beginning of one of the largest vaccine procurement and supply operations in history.
- by Francis Kokutse and Carley Petesch
Italian ambassador among three killed in attack in Democratic Republic of Congo
The ambush occurred as the convoy was travelling from Goma, the country’s eastern regional capital, to visit a World Food Program school feeding project.
- by Jean-Yves Kamale and Nicole Winfield
eSwatini king recovers from COVID-19 after Taiwan sends drugs
The small southern African country, an absolute monarchy formerly known as Swaziland, is Taiwan’s only remaining diplomatic ally on the continent.
- by Ben Blanchard
‘Missing piece’: Secret cable implicates France in Rwandan genocide
A telegram that was in the collection of an advisor to former French president François Mitterrand has been declassified after 25 years.
- by Henry Samuel
Jacob Zuma defies South African court order, faces contempt charge
Zuma’s refusal to attend the hearing is his latest attempt to subvert the authority of his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa.
- by S'thembile Cele
Guinea declares new Ebola outbreak with first deaths since 2016
It is the first resurgence of the disease in Guinea since the world’s worst outbreak in 2013-2016 killed more than 11,000 people.
- by Samb Saliou
Actor Ashley Judd ‘nearly lost’ her leg in Congo
Ashley Judd has recounted a painful ordeal she believes almost cost her leg after tripping in a Congolese rainforest and having to be evacuated by motorbike.
- by Mark Kennedy
‘Child slaves’ sue chocolate giants for forced labour in cocoa plantations
Nestle, Hershey and Mars are among the companies named in the suit.
- by Marvin G. Perez