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Published On 8 Feb 20268 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareFrom thousands of people attending the funeral for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent surviving son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, to a deadly suicide bombing in a Pakistani mosque that killed dozens, and a pro-Palestine ...

Pakistan is selling warplanes it jointly developed with China to the Libyan National Army (LNA), a move analysts said could serve as a gateway for Beijing to expand its influence into North Africa.In one of Pakistan’s largest-ever arms deals, 16 of the JF-17 “Thunder” fighters were listed among the ...

Sanusi Madabo, a 40-year-old farmer in the Nigerian village of Jabo, was preparing for bed Thursday night when he heard a loud noise that sounded like a plane crashing. He rushed outside his mud house with his wife to see the sky glowing a bright red. The light burned ...

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out airstrikes to stop the alleged targeted killing of Christians in the West African country. Aboard Air Force One, when asked by reporters if he envisioned US military action in Nigeria Trump ...

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchDonald Trump declared on Friday that Christianity in Nigeria faces an “existential threat,” announcing the West African country's inclusion on a State Department watch list for ...

The significant funding reductions mean certain activities will simply not happen, says WHO’s polio eradication director.Published On 21 Oct 202521 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a coalition including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Gates Foundation, will face a 30 ...

Abuja and Nasarawa, Nigeria – In the neighbourhood of Kado Lifecamp on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, 29-year-old Eucharia Joseph grips a cooler box and sets out for her day. Inside are oral polio vaccines packed in ice.Joseph’s route takes her through dusty lanes, past tin-roofed homes, mosques and ...

New Delhi: New Delhi: In a shocking revelation that exposes Pakistan’s complicity in the worldwide spread of terrorism, Nigerian security forces have detained four Pakistani men on charges of training and arming members of Boko Haram, according to reports. Nigeria, a Muslim-dominated country where about 46 per cent of people ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi led a landmark signing ceremony in Hong Kong on Friday to set up the world’s first intergovernmental organisation on mediation, as he urged countries to go beyond zero-sum mindsets and improve representation of the Global South.Most of the 33 signatories of the Convention on ...

LONDON — Visa applications from nationalities thought most likely to overstay and claim asylum in the UK could be restricted under a new government crackdown.Under Home Office plans, first reported in the Times, people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to ...