The African press is dominated by the situation in Nigeria following President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in the northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
The Nigerian army says it has started deploying extra troops in the northeast of the country after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three states worst hit by increasing ...
The African press is dominated by a massacre of policemen in northern Nigeria by a new cult that has brought a new dimension to the spiral of violence that has rocked the nation.
In Nigeria, 55 died in an attack by the Islamist group Boko Haram. Also, a Zimbabwean journalist is arested, and Sudan's president expresses hope for a future reunion with South Sudan.
Mohamed Keita, Africa coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists, discusses Nigeria's rating as the world's worst perpetrator of violence against journalists in the CPJ's 2013 global ...
Reactions to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s picks for cabinet, an amnesty appeal to Boko Haram from Nigeria’s northern governors, the passing of South Africa’s controversial ...
In today's African press, claims Tunisian jihadist fighters are fighting for Al Shebab in Somalia; unions in South Africa step up wage demands; and Nigeria sells off state electricity assets.
