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DR Congo fans dance in the rain after sealing World Cup spot
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» KINSHASA - Delirious football fans took to the soaked streets of the capital Kinshasa and danced into the night in the rain after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reached the World Cup for the first time in 52 years.
American journalist abducted in Iraq, security officials say
New York Times, Published on 01/04/2026
» NEW YORK — An American journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad by “unknown individuals” Tuesday evening, and government security forces have begun operations to find her and track down the abductors, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry.
Nigeria suicide attacks kill 23, wound more than 100
AFP, Published on 17/03/2026
» MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Multiple explosions staged by suspected suicide bombers rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 100 others, police said on Tuesday.
Hungary and Ukraine feuding over Russian oil
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» BUDAPEST - Kyiv accused Budapest of kidnapping seven of its citizens on Friday, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would use “every means” to pressure Ukraine in an escalating row over stalled Russian oil supplies.
Conservative Anglicans press opposition to Church's first woman leader
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» ABUJA - Conservative Anglican bishops opposed to the Church of England appointing a woman as its head for the first time said Thursday they had created a new body to lead them.
Nigeria paid Boko Haram ransom for kidnapped pupils
AFP, Published on 23/02/2026
» KANO (NIGERIA) - The Nigerian government paid Boko Haram militants a "huge" ransom of millions of dollars to free up to 230 children and staff the jihadists abducted from a Catholic school in November, intelligence sources told AFP.
Trump’s threatened strikes to force an Iran deal risk backfiring
Natalia Drozdiak and Tony Copaccio of Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2026
» NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, risking a new destabilizing conflict in the Middle East.
Colombian senator kidnapped, president targeted in election run-up
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» BOGOTá - A Colombian senator was rescued from kidnappers Tuesday as the country's president reported an attempt on his own life in the run-up to elections that observers have warned could be marred by violence.
Lies, horror, trauma: Kenyans recount forced Russian recruitment
AFP, Published on 09/02/2026
» NAIROBI — The scars on Victor's forearm remind him constantly of the day a Ukrainian drone attacked him after he was forcibly conscripted, like hundreds of young Kenyans, into the Russian army.
89 kidnapped Nigerian Christians released
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» KADUNA (NIGERIA) - The last 89 Christians held captive since criminal gangs attacked three churches in northern Nigeria in mid-January were released on Thursday, following a spate of mass kidnappings in the country.