The US has removed Nigeria from the list of religious violators, ahead of the visit by the Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the country. Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images Nigeria is not on the 2021 list of countries deemed to violating religious freedoms Image caption: Nigeria is not on the 2021 list of countries deemed to violating religious freedoms Majority of Sudanese hoped had been dismantled forever.

Some power and returning the country to the kind of dictatorship that the vast They are also undoing much of the progress that had beenĪchieved after Omar al-Bashir was toppled. Seized power are determined to stop anti military protests from gaining any Soldiers have prevented some of the wounded from being treated.Īrrests have taken place in neighbourhoods where the electricity had been There is growing evidence of just how brutal theĬapital Khartoum say tear gas has been fired inside hospital buildings and Named himself the head of a new Sovereign Council. The man who led last month's coup, General Abdelįattah al-Burhan, dismissed the government, arrested dozens of politicians and The day when a civilian was supposed to assume the leadership of the governing Security forces as thousands took to the streets to protest against the recentĪctivists had called for mass demonstrations to mark Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images Protests against the military have continued in Sudan Image caption: Protests against the military have continued in Sudanĭoctors in Sudan say 14 people have been shot dead by The deployment of thousands of security forces and the shutting down of internetĪnd mobile phone services in most of the region. The authorities are being criticised for failing to tackle the violence despite North-western Nigeria has been grappling with armed criminal gangs carrying People had been shot dead there - and two others in Goronyo town. The attacks came as the state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, announced a rise in the death toll to 43 from a Monday attack in Illela town near the Niger border. The raids were carried out on Tuesday night, with the village ofĪbubakar, confirmed the killings but said they were still gathering details. Residents told the BBC that the attackers on motorbikes also looted food items

Least 21 people in fresh attacks on several villages in Sabon Birni Gunmen in the north-western Nigerian state of Sokoto have killed at Tuesday until Thursday in the wake of the latest attacks.ĪFP Copyright: AFP The authorities are being criticised for failing to tackle the violence Image caption: The authorities are being criticised for failing to tackle the violence The protesters called on President Kaboré to resign for failing to rein in the insecurity.īut the president has called on people to stand together with the securityĪ national mourning period has been declared in Burkina Faso from Two commanders have been sacked after hundreds of young people in several cities held demonstrations on Tuesday over the rising insecurity. In one of the deadliest attacks on defence and security forces since Burkinaįaso started facing jihadist threats six years ago. He spoke following public anger amid the high death toll “The situation distresses everyone, and the dysfunctions must be The suspected jihadist attack on Sunday, in which 49 soldiers and four civilians died, targeted a military AFP Copyright: AFP Protesters have been calling for the president to resign over insecurity Image caption: Protesters have been calling for the president to resign over insecurityīurkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has admitted to problems that “must be corrected in the fight against terrorism” after an attack that killed 53 people.

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