US to restrict visas for Nigerians and their families implicated in violence against Christians
The attacks on the community are part of a longstanding and extremely complex security crisis in Nigeria – a nation recently singled out by US President Donald Trump for “the killing of Christians” by “radical Islamists.”
Muslim woman in conservative coastal Kenya breaks religious and cultural ceilings to soar to the top of technical education
Latifa Mohammed, the third-born in a family of nine, says her interest in refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) began long before she joined college. She liked observing cooling systems in homes and offices and wanted to understand how they worked.
Kenya rolls out national Ultra-Poor Graduation Strategy to address extreme poverty
Speaking during the launch, Principal Secretary for Social Protection and Senior Citizens Affairs Joseph Motari hailed the initiative as a transformative step in Kenya’s fight against extreme poverty.
Breaking point of global Anglican in offing as conservative coalition firmly reject homosexuality and liberal theology
Primates of Africa’s two largest national provinces, Nigeria and Uganda, have joined their Rwandan counterpart in endorsing the measure, according to Bishop Paul Donison, Gafcon’s general secretary. So have smaller churches ranging from Myanmar to the Americas.
Trouble with Nigeria: State negligence created terror mobs that in turn fuelled political and economic crises
In the northeast, Boko Haram jihadi extremists and, more recently, an Islamic State-backed breakaway faction have since 2009 waged an insurgency to enforce their brutal interpretation of Shariah. In 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls – mostly Christian, but some Muslim – from a school in Chibok, in Borno State.
What ‘Godfather of vaccines’ said under oath: Vaccine critics are ‘religious zealots who believe will of God includes death and disease’
Under oath, vaccine pioneer Dr Stanley Plotkin revealed how conflicts of interest, ethical blind spots and scientific hubris have compromised vaccine safety. In a 2018 deposition with attorney Aaron Siri, Plotkin exposed experiments on vulnerable children, the absence of placebo-controlled trials and complete disregard for post-market surveillance.
Armed crime takes control of Garissa in north-eastern Kenya as authorities blame Somali maslah dispute settlement
Complainants, fear being targeted if the decline to agree to Maslah settlement, he explained.
Officials say former US President Biden ignored Israeli military lawyers’ evidence of Gaza war crimes
Reports of internal US government dissent over Israel’s Gaza campaign emerged during Biden’s presidency. This account – based on detailed recollections from those involved – offers a fuller picture of the debate’s intensity in the administration’s final weeks, which ended with President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.
How Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorists run kidnapping, roadblocks and rustling livestock as key sources of revenue
A decade ago, the Borno conflict forced more than three million people from their homes. The terrifying scenario today is that if the security situation continues to deteriorate, a fresh wave of IDPs – including those newly resettled – will head to Maiduguri, where the camps that could support them are now closed.
Resurgence of Boko Haram to northeast Nigeria means the region’s IDP return policy is in disarray
Much of Borno’s countryside has been depopulated by the 15-year insurgency. The army switched to a “super camp” strategy in 2019 after losing a series of remote outposts, concentrating its forces in fortified bases in key towns.
