In Nigeria, gunmen invaded a boarding school in Kaduna state and kidnapped 140 high school students, presumably to exchange them for ransom, the latest such attack that has hit the northwest of the country for several months.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed prided himself on Monday of being able to recruit a million new fighters without difficulty, while saying that he was promoting "a period of silence" in the conflict-ridden region of Tigray for the time being.
Finally we welcome Thierry Paulais author of "Province of Freedom: Birth of Sierra Leone".
He is an essayist, doctor of economics, specialist in the Atlantic world and colonization.
His book traces the history of Sierra Leone, which became a land of welcome for freed slaves, with the hope of the abolitionists to make it an exemplary colony.
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