
Kidnapped Nigerian school girls released
Hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria have been released.
Hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped from a boarding school in the Nigerian state of Zamfara have been released.
The Committee to Protect Journalists raises concerns over military detention of journalists in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
Tanzania plans to revive its national airline, Air Tanzania to help boost its tourism sector.
(Picture: Belongings of the abducted students are pictured at the deserted dormitory of the Government Girls Secondary School, the day after the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls by gunmen in Jangebe, a village in Zamfara State, northwest of Nigeria on February 27, 2021. Credit: Photo by Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)
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