Nigerians protest outside the South African High Commission in Abuja, demanding urgent action for protection amid rising tensions and attacks on their community.
Nigerians protest outside the South African High Commission in Abuja, demanding urgent action for protection amid rising tensions and attacks on their community.
Protesters in Iran have set on fire the ancestral home of the Islamic republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini two months into the anti-regime protest movement, images showed on Friday. They were fuelled by anger over the obligatory headscarf for women imposed by Khomeini but have turned into a movement calling for an end to the Islamic republic itself.
Abacha Muyam and Babakura Alhaji Isa, friends from Bama in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, both voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in their country's elections in 2019. Their support delivered the presidency to Buhari in the last two elections, but now voters and analysts say the region appears more splintered.
Rescuers searched for more victims on Friday after a fuel tank explosion that killed at least 11 people and caused a house to collapse in northern Iraq, according to local authorities. "Our teams have been working for more than 15 hours to rescue the people trapped under the collapsed house," Nader said.
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