Back Pon Di Throne WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, October 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- One of the marquee dancehall artistes of the 1990s, Terry Ganzie is once again immersed in music, returning to his roots after a self-imposed hiatus from a...
(MENAFN) The Nigerien army has announced the arrest of 21 individuals suspected of terrorism in the country’s southeastern Zinder region. The arrests occurred on July 13 during a routine operation in which the suspects were intercepted while...
ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES, June 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Black Lives Matter Board Members and nationally renowned leaders Cicley Gay and D’Zhane Parker and traveled to West Africa between May 24-June 2, 2025 to host a Borehole...
(MENAFN) A massive meteorite originating from Mars has been sold for $5.3 million during a recent auction in New York, according to reports. Weighing 25 kilograms (about 54 pounds), the space rock—officially named NWA 16788—was discovered in the...
Tribute to Ambassador Mahlangu We would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute the late Ambassador Mahlangu who was serving as South Africa’s High Commissioner to Kenya. The Late Ambassador Mahlangu was also accredited to Somalia. He was...
By Jeff Crisp Irregular arrivals For the past 40 years, the governments of wealthy countries in the Global North have been striving to curtail the arrival of refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants from less prosperous parts of the world....
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
(MENAFN) The United States is reportedly preparing to widen its controversial travel limitations to encompass nationals from 36 additional countries, according to a report by a news agency over the weekend, which referenced a confidential...
Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Honourable Members of Parliament, Distinguished participants from across the Twende Mbele partner countries - Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Uganda, and our host country, South Africa, Esteemed facilitators, experts and...
(MENAFN) Mali has accused the Czech Republic of refusing entry visas to its under-19 women’s basketball team, preventing the African champions from participating in an international tournament in Brno. In a statement on Monday, Mali’s Foreign...
The National Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with various stakeholders, has received 150 Nigerian returnees from Agadez, Niger Republic. The returnees arrived in Nigeria on Thursday at about 5:20 a.m., according to a post on NEMA’s X...
Niger Tornadoes players have received a N1 million cash reward following their emphatic 4–0 victory over Plateau United on Matchday 9 at the Bako Kontagora Stadium. Abdulazeez Dalhatu stole the show with a hat-trick, while Shehu Dabai added the...
Kevin Rideout, 48. | X/@RepMarkHarrisNCPrayers are now going up around the world for American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout after he was reportedly kidnapped from his home in the highly secure Château 1 neighborhood of Niamey, the capital of...
The United States government warned travelers to carefully review their plans before visiting the East African island of Madagascar. The State Department recently upgraded the country to a Level 3, warning Americans to "reconsider travel" there...
A U.S. Christian missionary in Niger was kidnapped from his home by men with suspected links to al-Qaida and ISIS. The abducted missionary’s last tracked location was between the Nigerien capital and the Malian border in an area considered to be...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has announced plans to recruit and train 10,000 citizens into the Joint Task Force (JTF) to help restore peace in areas affected by bandit attacks. Bago stated this during a condolence visit to the...
ACI Africa, Oct 24, 2025 / 12:32 pm A Catholic priest in Burkina Faso has appealed for prayers for the safe release of an evangelical Christian missionary abducted in Niger on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Kevin Rideout, an American missionary, was abducted...
An evangelical Christian missionary from the U.S. was kidnapped late Oct. 21 in Niamey, Niger, less than 100 yards from the presidential palace, CBS News reported. Several news outlets, including Crosswalk and the Long War Journal, identified the...
“We pray for his safe release. Burkina Faso just like Niger faces insecurity challenges due to jihadists presence,” the Burkinabe Priest who is the Director of Communication of the Diocese of Fada N’Gourma Diocese told ACI Africa. Mr. Rideout’s...
A diplomatic source told AFP that Rideout was “already en route to the border with Mali” within hours of the kidnapping. Photo : AP An American missionary and pilot, identified as Kevin Rideout, has been kidnapped in Niger’s capital, Niamey, in...
