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Critics say the state’s slow reaction has created fertile grounds for opportunistic actors who exploit public frustration for political gain and tensions will worsen after 30 June.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has expressed shock over the death of retired Major-General Rabe Abubakar while in the custody of terrorists in Katsina State in northern Nigeria.
Two senior leaders of the Islamic State’s West African branch surrendered to Nigerian troops on June 8.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) through the Industry Wide Security Architecture (IWSA) and Nigerian Pipelines & Storage Company (NPSC) have conducted a joint inspection of a vandalized section of the NPSC crude oil pipeline at Pai Community in Kwali Area Council of the FCT, Abuja.
South African police launch manhunt after armed group kill 12 in a late-night mass shooting at an informal settlement in Johannesburg’s Cleveland.
The Burkinabe government has approved several key projects proposed by the Ministry of Security worth a total of 5.737 billion CFA francs, including tax, during Thursday’s Council of Ministers.
Zimbabwe was on Wednesday elected to the United Nations Security Council as a non‑permanent member for the 2027-2028 term.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres “to urgently invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter and bring Nigeria’s escalating insecurity, which is marked by mass abductions, killings, attacks on civilians, mass displacement, and other grave human rights violations, to the attention of the UN Security Council.”
South Africa urges citizens to ensure that anti-immigrant marches and protests remain peaceful and are properly communicated to law‑enforcement agencies.
The body says the killings of two opposition supporters reflects a dangerous escalation of intolerance and intimidation ahead of the country’s 2029 elections.