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CNN’s Zain Asher explores the reasons why Nigeria is suffering through a wave of kidnappings.

By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill Several students and three teachers were abducted Thursday by armed men from a federal college in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi State, State Governor Abubakar Bagudu told CNN. According to Governor Bagudu, the gunmen — locally known as bandits — raided a federal Government College in Kebbi’s Birnin Yauri district on

By Andrew Carey, CNN Israel has announced plans to transfer at least one million doses of coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to an Israeli government statement. The statement said the stock of between 1 million and 1.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine “will expire soon” and indicates it is currently surplus

By CNN staff Polls opened Friday in Iran for a controversial election that is all but guaranteed to deliver a hardline president after all the other serious contenders were barred from the race. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cast the first ballot and exhorted Iranians to head to the polls, amid fears among the country’s

By Oren Liebermann and Amir Tal, CNN The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza for the second time this week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, after a continued barrage of incendiary balloons sparked eight fires in southern Israel. Overnight Wednesday, the IDF struck what it said were Hamas military complexes and

By Anita Patrick, CNN Acclaimed Nigerian author and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has published a reflective essay on young people on social media “who are choking on sanctimony and lacking in compassion.” She says such people can “fluidly pontificate on Twitter about kindness but are unable to actually show kindness.” The essay titled, ‘It is

By Nimi Princewill, Larry Madowo, Sarah Dean and Stephanie Busari, CNN Former Zambian President and independence leader Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97. His death was confirmed by Zambia’s current President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who said in a Facebook post Thursday: “I learnt of your passing this afternoon with great sadness. “On

By Hadas Gold, CNN The Israeli military launched airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza overnight after militants floated dozens of so-called “incendiary balloons” over the border fence into Israel. Officials said at least 20 fires were started Tuesday by the balloons. Palestinian media reported the retaliatory Israeli strikes caused material damages, with no casualties reported.

By Jack Guy, CNN A Spanish man has been jailed for 15 years and five months for killing and eating his mother at the apartment they shared in Madrid. Alberto Sanchez Gomez killed his mother, cut up her body and ate her over a period of at least 15 days in early 2019, according to

By Hande Atay Alam, Mostafa Salem and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Saudi Arabia has executed a 26-year-old man for crimes related to governmental rioting that he allegedly committed while he was a minor, rights groups Amnesty International and Reprieve said, condemning the execution. According to Amnesty International, Mustafa al-Darwish may have been still a minor when

By Nada Bashir, CNN Britain’s Metropolitan Police has confirmed it will “review” allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell brought to light in a new investigation by London-based Channel 4 News. Channel 4 News said its investigation, released on Tuesday, found “more than half a dozen claims that young women and girls are alleged to

The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza overnight Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, citing incendiary balloons launched from Gaza earlier in the day. CNN’s Hadas Gold reports.

By Oren Liebermann, Ibrahim Dahman and Ruba Alhenawi, CNN The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza overnight Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, citing incendiary balloons launched from Gaza earlier in the day. According to reports in Israeli media, incendiary balloons launched from Gaza sparked multiple fires in southern Israel. WAFA,

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of soccer player Lionel “Leo” Messi, who plays for FC Barcelona and Argentina’s national team. Personal Birth date: June 24, 1987 Birth place: Rosario, Argentina Birth name: Lionel Andrés Messi Father: Jorge Messi, factory worker Mother: Celia Cuccittini de Messi Marriage: Antonela Roccuzzo (June 30,

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1961 Death date: August 31, 1997 Birth place: Norfolk, England Birth name: Diana Frances Spencer Father: Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer Mother: Frances (Ruth Burke-Roche) Spencer Marriage: Charles (Philip Arthur George), Prince of Wales (July 29,

By Hadas Gold, Amir Tal and Kareem Khadder, CNN Thousands of Israelis marched in a controversial flag-waving procession through east Jerusalem on Tuesday, risking a new round of tensions with Palestinians and posing the first test for Israel’s new government. The right-wing Jewish march was originally planned for last month as part of “Jerusalem Day”

CNN has uncovered disturbing evidence of human rights atrocities by Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic. CNN’s Clarissa Ward and her team were denied entry to the country because of CNN’s previous reporting on the activities of the mercenaries. But working with local journalists and an independent investigative group The Sentry, CNN has assembled evidence of a pattern of abuses, which one UN expert says may amount to war crimes.