French oil giant Total to help build forest in Republic of Congo

French energy group Total said it had joined up with the company Foret Ressources Management to plant a 40,000-hectare forest in the Republic of the Congo, as companies around the world step up policies to help the environment.
Kaduna has recorded two separate kidnap incidents in under a week
Nigeria gunmen kidnapped three teachers, no kids taken - Kaduna govt
Gunmen on motorbikes stormed a primary school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna and kidnapped three teachers but no children, a state official said on Monday after the fifth school abduction in three months.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu,
Lagos State Governor approves 21-year jail term for cultists in Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the state after signing the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021.
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Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions - Vatican
The Vatican said on Monday that priests and other Catholic Church ministers cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are “not licit” if carried out.
Amadou Sanogo was accused of killing 21 elite soldiers in a 2012 putsch
Mali court ends trial of former coup leader Sanogo
A court in Mali's capital Bamako on Monday ended a much-delayed trial of former coup leader Amadou Sanogo, who was accused of killing 21 elite soldiers in a 2012 putsch.
Kaduna State is located in northwestern Nigeria
Gunmen kidnap primary school kids, teachers in Nigeria's Kaduna State
An unknown number of school children and teachers have been kidnapped by gunmen from a primary school in Nigeria in a fresh attack in the north of the country, local authorities said in a statement on Monday.
Bobi Wine, real name Robert Kyagulanyi
Uganda's Bobi Wine arrested during protest over disappearances
Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested while leading a protest in the capital, Kampala.