Thirty-seven suspected illegal miners have died in custody in Niger state, Nigeria. Authorities initially blamed disease, but intelligence reports and family accounts suggest overcrowding and poor ventilation caused suffocation. Investigations and autopsies are underway.
5 min readMore than 180 writers, including Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee, have signed a letter demanding proof of life for 12 Eritrean authors held incommunicado since a 2001 government crackdown on independent media. The signatories call for immediate verification of the detainees' surviva...
4 min readA British woman kidnapped in Malawi has been rescued in a police operation that killed four suspected abductors and wounded a senior police commander. Nusrat Osman, 47, from Leicester, was freed on 17 September after six days in captivity.
3 min readThe US has announced visa restrictions targeting individuals accused of discriminating against South Africa's white minority, escalating tensions between the two countries. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said South Africa has failed to address American concerns over racial inequality policies.
6 min readNigerian authorities arrested an alleged Mexican drug kingpin at Lagos airport, leading to the discovery of an industrial methamphetamine laboratory in Ebonyi state. The arrest marks the third such facility allegedly linked to Mexican nationals found in four months.
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