27 Christians Killed as Jihadists Aim to ‘Wipe Out the Entirety of Christianity in Nigeria’ – Charisma Magazine Online
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2,000 people in Congo dead amid rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak – National– globalnews.ca
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At least 2,000 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data, as rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues challenge the urgent response in a remote region.
Government data published overnight into Tuesday showed the outbreak has 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths. Starting from the first confirmed case, the death toll was reached almost three times faster than in the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst on record.
2,000 people in Congo dead amid rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak – National– globalnews.ca
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At least 2,000 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data, as rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues challenge the urgent response in a remote region.
Government data published overnight into Tuesday showed the outbreak has 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths. Starting from the first confirmed case, the death toll was reached almost three times faster than in the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst on record.
Nigeria’s president orders rescue operation after mass kidnapping at mosque– www.france24.com
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the military and other security agencies on Tuesday to launch an immediate rescue operation after scores of people were kidnapped by gunmen in north-central Niger State last week.
An armed group posted a video on Facebook and WhatsApp showing what residents said were about 600 women, children and older people abducted during an attack on a mosque in the state.
Reuters could not independently verify the figure, but if confirmed it would rank among Nigeria‘s largest and most audacious mass kidnappings in recent years.
Watch more308 abductees freed from separate attacks in northern Nigeria
An official from Borgu district, where the attack happened, said 30 people had been killed during the attack and were buried on Sunday.
The official, who declined to be identified because she was not authorised to speak to the media, said villagers from the communities of Dakera, Gidan-Zana and Sabon Gida were affected.
Nigeria urged to adopt Chinese poverty reduction strategy – The Guardian Nigeria News
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Muslim Terrorists Slaughter and Kidnap Dozens for ‘Not Practicing the True Teachings of Islam’ During Friday Prayer– gellerreport.com
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The silence by the international community is devastating just endless condemnation of the Jewish nation defneding itself against this very thing – jihad terror.
Jihadists slaughter and kidnap dozens of people for ‘not practicing the true teachings of Islam’ during Friday prayers in Nigeria
By Sabrina Penty, Daily Mail, August 23, 2026:
Jihadists have kidnapped and slaughtered scores of people in an attack during Friday prayers in central Nigeria.
The exact toll of the attacks, which also hit the village of Binzi in Niger State, was unknown, federal representative Jafaru Mohammed said.
Jibril Ahmad, a civilian who survived the attack, said: ‘Soon after finishing the normal Friday prayer, the armed group of Lakuwara, in their hundreds, wielding guns, knives and machetes, began to attack us.’
‘They slaughtered some of our people, saying we are not practising the true teachings of Islam,’ Ahmad added.
Some are understood to have escaped when another jihadist group, known as Mahmuda, started clashing with the militants.
Scores of people kidnapped from a mosque as armed groups attacked multiple villages in Nigeria– abcnews.com
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A number of people were kidnapped from a mosque in a spree of abductions at several villages in Nigeria ‘s north-central Niger state, police said Saturday.
The assailants attacked a mosque in Kpenya village after attacks in a string of villages in the remote Borgu Local Government Area of Niger state Friday, police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said.
Such attacks are common in Nigeria, where multiple armed groups operate, killing and kidnapping people for ransom. The groups sometimes clash in competition with each other. No group has claimed responsibility for the Friday attacks.
Abiodun did not provide figures but said no lives were lost in the Friday attacks, and said the military was deployed to the area. Residents said scores of people were abducted, with some estimating between 60 and 80 people were kidnapped. A search for survivors was underway Saturday.
Borgu area council chairman Abdullahi Mohammed Nasir said at least 60 people were kidnapped and an unspecified number of people sustained gunshot injuries while trying to escape the gunmen.
“People were abducted while praying at a Juma’at mosque on Friday,” Nasir said. “That was when the bad people came and surrounded the mosque and took them away.”
Zubairu Umar Talba, a youth leader in the Dekara area in Borgu, told The Associated Press that his 85-year-old father was among those who were taken. “Nobody can tell you the exact number of people abducted because, so far, about 80 of our people have been abducted and many have fled the area,” he said.
Somalia federal troops and armed opposition clash in Baidoa city – Internazionale
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Zambia suspends vote count nationwide amid reports of violence, ballot theft– www.france24.com
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Zambia suspended vote counting nationwide on Friday following reports of violence in some districts, the electoral commission said.
The copper-rich southern African nation went to the polls on Thursday in an election focused on economic hardship.
President Hakainde Hichilema, who has been in power since 2021, faced off against his main challenger among the 14 contenders – Brian Mundubile, a 55-year-old former minister in the previous Patriotic Front (PF) government.
Zambia voters weigh Hichilema’s economic record
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Sudanese medical group accuses rebel group of killing 27 people– abcnews.com
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Ethnic clashes in southern Sudan have killed 27 people, including four children, a local medical group said
CAIRO — Four children were among at least 27 people killed in the latest ethnic clashes in southern Sudan, a local medical group said on Tuesday.
The killings were carried out by the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) in Qardud and Abu Hamama, areas inhabited by the Otoro tribe in South Kordofan, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which monitors casualty numbers in the war-torn East African country.
Earlier this year, intense fighting erupted between forces linked to SPLM-N and the Otoro tribe, which is a minority group in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan.
The ethnic standoff, first instigated by land disputes, adds another layer to the country’s ongoing civil war which broke out in April 2023 between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The attacks have forced many people to flee toward Abu Hitan, a nearby village and Kadugli, the largest town in South Kordofan, said the doctors.
The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Facebook that it stressed “that targeting unarmed civilians, including women and children, on ethnic grounds constitutes an explicit violation of international humanitarian law.”
Nigeria’s president orders rescue operation after mass kidnapping at mosque– www.france24.com
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the military and other security agencies on Tuesday to launch an immediate rescue operation after scores of people were kidnapped by gunmen in north-central Niger State last week.
An armed group posted a video on Facebook and WhatsApp showing what residents said were about 600 women, children and older people abducted during an attack on a mosque in the state.
Reuters could not independently verify the figure, but if confirmed it would rank among Nigeria‘s largest and most audacious mass kidnappings in recent years.
Watch more308 abductees freed from separate attacks in northern Nigeria
An official from Borgu district, where the attack happened, said 30 people had been killed during the attack and were buried on Sunday.
The official, who declined to be identified because she was not authorised to speak to the media, said villagers from the communities of Dakera, Gidan-Zana and Sabon Gida were affected.
Sudanese medical group accuses rebel group of killing 27 people– abcnews.com
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Ethnic clashes in southern Sudan have killed 27 people, including four children, a local medical group said
CAIRO — Four children were among at least 27 people killed in the latest ethnic clashes in southern Sudan, a local medical group said on Tuesday.
The killings were carried out by the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) in Qardud and Abu Hamama, areas inhabited by the Otoro tribe in South Kordofan, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which monitors casualty numbers in the war-torn East African country.
Earlier this year, intense fighting erupted between forces linked to SPLM-N and the Otoro tribe, which is a minority group in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan.
The ethnic standoff, first instigated by land disputes, adds another layer to the country’s ongoing civil war which broke out in April 2023 between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The attacks have forced many people to flee toward Abu Hitan, a nearby village and Kadugli, the largest town in South Kordofan, said the doctors.
The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Facebook that it stressed “that targeting unarmed civilians, including women and children, on ethnic grounds constitutes an explicit violation of international humanitarian law.”
Scores of people kidnapped from a mosque as armed groups attacked multiple villages in Nigeria– abcnews.com
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A number of people were kidnapped from a mosque in a spree of abductions at several villages in Nigeria ‘s north-central Niger state, police said Saturday.
The assailants attacked a mosque in Kpenya village after attacks in a string of villages in the remote Borgu Local Government Area of Niger state Friday, police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said.
Such attacks are common in Nigeria, where multiple armed groups operate, killing and kidnapping people for ransom. The groups sometimes clash in competition with each other. No group has claimed responsibility for the Friday attacks.
Abiodun did not provide figures but said no lives were lost in the Friday attacks, and said the military was deployed to the area. Residents said scores of people were abducted, with some estimating between 60 and 80 people were kidnapped. A search for survivors was underway Saturday.
Borgu area council chairman Abdullahi Mohammed Nasir said at least 60 people were kidnapped and an unspecified number of people sustained gunshot injuries while trying to escape the gunmen.
“People were abducted while praying at a Juma’at mosque on Friday,” Nasir said. “That was when the bad people came and surrounded the mosque and took them away.”
Zubairu Umar Talba, a youth leader in the Dekara area in Borgu, told The Associated Press that his 85-year-old father was among those who were taken. “Nobody can tell you the exact number of people abducted because, so far, about 80 of our people have been abducted and many have fled the area,” he said.
Muslim Terrorists Slaughter and Kidnap Dozens for ‘Not Practicing the True Teachings of Islam’ During Friday Prayer– gellerreport.com
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The silence by the international community is devastating just endless condemnation of the Jewish nation defneding itself against this very thing – jihad terror.
Jihadists slaughter and kidnap dozens of people for ‘not practicing the true teachings of Islam’ during Friday prayers in Nigeria
By Sabrina Penty, Daily Mail, August 23, 2026:
Jihadists have kidnapped and slaughtered scores of people in an attack during Friday prayers in central Nigeria.
The exact toll of the attacks, which also hit the village of Binzi in Niger State, was unknown, federal representative Jafaru Mohammed said.
Jibril Ahmad, a civilian who survived the attack, said: ‘Soon after finishing the normal Friday prayer, the armed group of Lakuwara, in their hundreds, wielding guns, knives and machetes, began to attack us.’
‘They slaughtered some of our people, saying we are not practising the true teachings of Islam,’ Ahmad added.
Some are understood to have escaped when another jihadist group, known as Mahmuda, started clashing with the militants.
Nigeria urged to adopt Chinese poverty reduction strategy – The Guardian Nigeria News
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Why Mali’s northern conflict has entered a dangerous new phase – Al Jazeera
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West African bloc calls for Guinea-Bissau opposition leader's release – The Straits Times
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Iran War Risk Pushes African Central Banks to Hold Rates Higher– financialpost.com
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“It is very unlikely that the CBN would restart monetary easing as long as inflation expectations remain elevated,” said Gergely Ürmössy, emerging markets strategist at Societe Generale SA. “In the CBN’s latest inflation survey, over half of respondents expected inflation to accelerate over the next six months; in March, before domestic fuel and energy prices spiked, roughly 60% expected inflation to hold steady or decelerate.”
Sudan Rejects US Sanctions, Denies Chemical Weapons Allegations – ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English
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Morocco pledges reforms as death toll from anti-government protests rises to three– www.euronews.com
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Morocco’s government said on Thursday that it would address grievances fuelling youth-led protests, a day after security forces killed three people during the unrest.
Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said he was saddened by the deaths, praised law enforcement for its efforts to maintain order and indicated that the government was prepared to respond favourably to the protestors demanding better public healthcare and education.
Speaking before a council of government ministers, he did not detail the reforms under discussion, but said he was “ready for dialogue and debate within institutions and public spaces.”
“The approach based on dialogue is the only way to deal with the various problems faced by our country,” Akhannouch said.
Authorities updated the death toll from this week’s unrest to three on Thursday, saying that armed rioters had stormed public buildings and disrupted public order as the youth-led anti-government demonstrations showed few signs of abating.
Malawi’s ex-president Mutharika takes early lead in election – Club of Mozambique
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Sudan war: Torture, rape and forced starvation as paramilitaries suffocate besieged city | World News– news.sky.com
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The battle for Al Fashir – and Sudan
Al Fashir is being suffocated to death by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as they push to claim full control of the Darfur region as a base for their parallel government, after the military recaptured the capital Khartoum and other key sites in central Sudan.
Close to a million people are facing famine in Al Fashir and surrounding camps as the RSF enforces a full blockade, launching armed attacks on volunteers and aid workers risking their lives to bring in food.
Inside the city, thousands are bombarded by almost daily shelling from surrounding RSF troops.
The RSF have physically reinforced their siege with a berm – a raised earth mound. First spotted by Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, the berm is visible from space.
China Launches Coordinated Media Campaign to Promote New Global Governance Initiative in Africa – The China-Global South Project
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