Seventy-nine school students were kidnapped on Monday in an English-speaking region of Cameroon where separatists are fighting an armed campaign for independence, a government source said. The students were abducted along with their principal, a teacher and a driver, the official said, as a source at the school confirmed the ...
Nigeria’s military has opened fire on hundreds of Muslim protesters calling for the release of imprisoned cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky in Abuja on Tuesday. Iran’s Beirut-based Al-Alam channel quoted activists as saying that at least 20 people were martyred in the military crackdown, adding that many others were injured in ...