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US sends drones to Nigeria to join troops sent for intelligence and training

Church in Africa

A soldier inspects an area attacked in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on March 7, 2026. (Credit: Jossy Ola/AP.)

US sends drones to Nigeria to join troops sent for intelligence and training

Mar 24
Monika Pronczuk

Soldiers stand guard prior to a visit for government officials following an attack by gunmen in Yelewata community in north-central Nigeria, June 16, 2025. (Credit: AP.)

Remapping for peace: Exposing the true crisis in the Benue state of Nigeria

Mar 20
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Victims of Monday’s bomb blast at a market receives treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Credit: Jossy Ola/AP.)

23 killed, 108 wounded in suspected suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria

Mar 18
Haruna Umar

Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, center, greets the crowd during a military-backed tribes’ rally in the Nile River State of Sudan, July 13, 2019. (Credit: Mahmoud Hjaj/AP.)

US labels Sudanese militia a terror group, but will it protect civilians? A bishop’s view

Mar 18
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV visits the parish complex of Sacro Cuore di Gesu on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope’s upcoming Africa odyssey takes him to a mosque, a prison and the site of a deadly 2021 blast

Mar 17
Nicole Winfield

A woman and young girl displaced from Boko Haram attacks push a cart in Dikwa, Borno province, north east Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Jihadis intensify attacks against Nigeria’s military, killing officers and carting away weapons

Mar 11
Chinedu Asadu

Cameroon bishop: Church provides ‘presence of hope’ amid separatist conflict

Mar 9
Ngala Killian Chimtom

The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers, Algeria. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop says Pope’s visit to show Christianity ‘an asset to Algeria’

Mar 6
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Leaders of numerous Anglican churches attend a religious service on the sidelines of their meeting of the Anglican Communion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Credit: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP.)

Conservative Anglican leaders restructure the global religious body after 400 years

Mar 6
Dyepkazah Shibayan

Card. Ambongo leads historic call for fundamental change in African water management

Feb 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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