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EU halts aid to Ethiopia over Tigray conflict

Politics Dec 16
The European Union has postponed almost 90 million euros in budget support payments to Ethiopia over the bloc's concerns of the Tigray crisis, according to an EU document seen by various media organisations.
Ibrahim Abdullahi is the Commissioner for Education in Zamfara
10 Nigerian schools closed over student abduction
Politics Dec 16
A total of 10 schools were closed on Tuesday in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, which shares borders with Katsina where over 300 students were declared missing after a recent attack on their school by gunmen.
Young girls walk past a boarding school in Kaduna where hundreds of students were rescued in 2019
Community champions law to castrate paedophiles in Nigerian state
Politics Dec 16
One Friday in September Adara* finally went to the police station in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, to report the rape of her 12-year-old son.
US President, Donald Trump
U.S. condemns abduction of Nigeria schoolboys, looking into Boko Haram claim of responsibility
Politics Dec 16

The United States on Tuesday condemned “in the strongest terms” the abduction of more than 300 schoo

A supporter of Bobi Wine carries his poster as they protest against his arrest PHOTO | AFP
Uganda asks Google to close 14 YouTube channels over deadly protests
Politics Dec 16
The Ugandan government, through the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), has written to US-based Google, that owns YouTube, a global video sharing platform, asking it to close at least 14 channels for allegedly mobilising riots.
An attack blamed on Boko Haram killed 28 people and burned 800 homes in the southern Diffa
Nigeria's Boko Haram behind schoolboys' abduction - audio message
Politics Dec 16
A man identifying himself as the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram said on Tuesday the Islamist group was behind the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys, as anxious parents begged the government to secure their release.
Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle
Abduction: Zamfara shuts down boarding schools
Politics Dec 16
Zamfara State Government has closed down 10 boarding schools in the state to prevent possible abduction of students by bandits.