The “Nigeria” Oyo State Police Command has arrested members of a suspected syndicate accused of harvesting and selling human body parts for ritual purposes. The suspects were apprehended during an intelligence-led operation conducted in mid-August 2026. They were later presented to the public at the police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan. Police said officers searching the […]

The Nigerian Federal Government has announced a major ranching initiative intended to curb the prolonged and often deadly clashes between crop farmers and nomadic herders across the country. Minister of Livestock Development Idi Mukhtar Maiha disclosed the plan after briefing President Bola Tinubu at the State House in mid-August 2026. The first phase of the […]

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old newlywed woman over allegations that she poisoned her husband only 40 days after their wedding. The incident, which emerged in mid-August 2026, has attracted public attention because of the suspect’s age and the short period between the couple’s marriage and the alleged poisoning. According to preliminary […]

Former Nigerian Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has filed a lawsuit seeking to disqualify President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from contesting the 2027 presidential election. The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on August 14, 2026, centers on allegations that Tinubu submitted a forged National Youth Service Corps […]

Muslim residents are slowly returning to Sibut in the Central African Republic more than a decade after sectarian violence destroyed their homes, businesses and places of worship. The return is bringing renewed hope to the market town, where Christians and Muslims once lived and traded peacefully before civil war divided communities along religious lines. Sibut, […]

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is seeking to transform her country’s historic relationship with Angola into a modern partnership focused on trade, infrastructure, investment and healthcare. The renewed cooperation was highlighted during President Samia’s visit to Angola in early August 2026, where the two countries celebrated their shared liberation history while outlining plans for stronger […]

A powerful winter weather system swept across South Africa in mid-August 2026, bringing freezing temperatures, widespread snowfall and major transport disruptions to several provinces. The cold front began moving across the country around August 9, accompanied by a steep upper-air trough, also known as a cut-off low. It travelled eastwards from the Western and Northern […]

Niger and Algeria have taken a major step toward developing the Kafra oil block, an untapped reserve estimated to contain more than 260 million barrels of crude oil. ENAFOR, a subsidiary of Algeria’s state-owned energy company Sonatrach, officially began drilling the Kafra Sud-Est 1 well on August 13, 2026. The operation marks a significant transition […]