Close to 200 people dead in Iran plane crash
Iranian authorities said on Wednesday that everyone on board a Ukrainian plane that crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from...
Trump administration slams sanctions on first vice president of South Sudan Taban Deng Gai
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday sanctioned South Sudanese First Vice President...
IMF approves disbursement of $27.63 million to Mali, part of $193.5 million loan secured in 2019 under extended credit facility
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved the disbursement of $27.63 million to Mali, part of $193.5 million three-year...
Anger spreads to Africa’s most populous nation over Trump’s ordered assassination of Iranian top military commander Qassem Soleimani
Angry Muslims in Africa's most populous nation have called for street protests to express rage and condemn President Donald Trump's...
Boko Haram Islamist militants not Muslims but terrorists, Buhari presidency replies enraged Christian Association of Nigeria
In a statement on Tuesday, the presidency in Nigeria said President Muhammadu Buhari was working day and night to free...
Buhari tells INEC Chairman and Inspector General of Police never to influence elections because the will of Nigerians should always prevail
President Muhammadu Buhari, who was accused of massively rigging the last presidential elections in Nigeria, running even without proper certificates,...
Adeyemi Ikuforiji debuts as TODAY NEWS AFRICA columnist
The former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, is debuting as a columnist for TODAY NEWS AFRICA,...
Al-Shabaab kills three Americans at US military base in Kenya
Al-Shabaab terrorists overran a U.S. military base in Kenya on Sunday, killing three Americans. Those killed were personnel of the U.S....
U.S. military identifies Henry J. Mayfield as American soldier killed by Al-Shabaab terrorists in Kenya
The United States Department of Defense on Monday identified the soldier killed by Al-Shabaab terrorists on Sunday when the extremist group...
Chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission Professor Simon Mallam killed in Kaduna gas explosion, leaving Buhari heartbroken
The Chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Professor Simon Mallam, his son, and three others, were killed in a gas...