13 women and an infant were abducted during an overnight raid in northwestern Nigeria. A bride and ten bridesmaids were amongst those who were kidnapped on 30 November 2025 in the village of Chacho in Sokoto State. This abduction comes amidst a string of mass kidnappings across Nigeria, reflecting the
US President Donald Trump has threatened Nigeria with military intervention over the “killing of Christians”. The Nigerian security crisis has garnered attention in recent weeks from Trump and his administration, who have characterized the situation as a “Christian genocide”. Experts have rebuked this designation as false and overly simplistic, stating
Madagascar’s former president, Andry Rajoelina, has been ousted from power in a military coup following weeks of nationwide protests. Youth-led demonstrations began at the end of September over water and power cuts despite facing violence from security forces. After weeks of protests, coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina has seized power
European Union foreign ministers remain divided on the action to take over Israel’s offensive in Gaza. On an August 30 gathering in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, ministers from the E.U.’s 27 member states discussed potential actions over the situation in Gaza, which has killed over 65,000 people since October 2023.
On Friday, August 1, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reached an agreement on economic terms tied to a peace deal signed earlier in the summer in Washington, D.C. The provisions include cooperation on energy, infrastructure, mineral supply chains, national parks, and public health, according to the
As the African nation of Sudan enters the third year of its civil war, new strategic alliances may serve to pull the independent nation state of South Sudan into the fighting and ignite a wider conflict across the region. In February, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), which controls parts
On Thursday, the United Nations World Food Programme announced food stocks are running extremely low–there is only less than a week of flour left to keep bakeries running in Gaza amidst Israel’s monthlong blockade. Multiple aid groups have warned that the death toll from starvation and malnutrition will escalate in
During a visit to Panama, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Panama must reduce what President Trump perceives as “Chinese influence” over the Panama Canal or face the possibility of the United States “retaking” the canal. Rubio visited the country and toured the Canal Zone during his first
Honduras President Xiomara Castro warned that Honduras may stop US military operations in Honduras in a broadcast at the beginning of this year. The warnings come in retaliation to President Donald Trump’s repeated campaign promise to “launch the largest deportation program in American history.” According to Deputy Foreign Minister Tony
On Sunday November 3, it was confirmed to The Associated Press (AP) by the US State Department that an Iranian-American journalist, Reza Valizadeh, has been detained in Iran for months. The imprisonment of Valizadeh came as Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the US embassy takeover and hostage crisis. Valizadeh’s
European Union leaders demonstrated their commitment to tightening borders and shifting towards harsher policies regarding migrants and asylum seekers on October 17 in Brussels during a summit dominated by discussions of migration. The summit comes following a recent surge of the far right in the EU parliamentary elections this June
Hundreds of Rohingya people have fled from Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, amid the escalation of fighting between Myanmar’s ruling military junta and the opposition militia Arakan Army. Both groups have targeted the Rohingya, a minority ethnic group residing primarily in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, that has faced decades
The far-right “Patriots for Europe” alliance created by Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has become the third-largest group in the European Parliament. Orbán presented the alliance of his Fidesz party with the Austrian Freedom Party and the Czech ANO party on June 30 in Vienna, the day before Hungary took
On Tuesday, November 7th, 2023, Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned that provocative remarks made by Israeli officials regarding the use of nuclear weapons in Gaza prompted questions regarding Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons. In a radio interview, far-right Heritage Minister Amihay Eliyahu responded to the question of launching possible nuclear strikes
North Korea has been continuing to fly balloons filled with trash over the border into South Korea since the end of May. As of mid-June, North Korea has sent more than 1,000 balloons filled with trash and manure into South Korea, a move which Seoul previously described as “base and
On May 3, 2024, the Canadian police announced that three Indian nationals had been arrested for their involvement in the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia. Nijjar was shot dead by masked gunmen outside of a Sikh gurdwara in Surrey,
On March 31, an order fortifying maritime security in the Philippines following a mounting number of confrontations with China in the disputed area of the South China Sea was made public. Whilst China was not mentioned, the order followed an incident the previous week, when China used water cannons
On March 1, a wiretap recording of senior German military officials discussing the supply of weapons to Ukraine was released on Russian social media. The talks included mentions of the possibility of supplying German-made Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv, as requested by Ukraine, as well as the hypothetical strikes against
On Saturday, February 3, the United States launched airstrikes on Iraq and Syria, reportedly killing nearly 40 people. The strikes were launched against over 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and IRGC-backed militias in retaliation for a drone attack in Jordan, which killed three American soldiers. The United
On October 2nd, a group of 67 Indigenous women from Greenland filed a complaint with the Danish government regarding a campaign of involuntary birth control to restrict Greenland’s Indigenous population in the 1960s and 70s. The complainants are seeking 300,000 kroner ($58,478 CAD) each in compensation for being fitted with
