West Africa

Amnesty International is demanding that Malian authorities end the illegal administrative detention of the Former transitional President Bah N'Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. The human rights group also insists on the immediate release of Generals Mohamed Lamine Ballo…

Ahead of this week's Muslim festival Eid-el-Kabir, Nigeria has put six states on red alert after witnessing a "worrisome" rise in COVID-19 infections, according a government official. The official in statement further urged people to curb gatherings and hold prayers…

Millions in Senegal are preparing to mark the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha, raising concerns for rising COVID-19 cases.  Many in the West African nation have relaxed compliance with COVID-19 protocols after earlier surges were not as severe as those…

The second largest mosque in West Africa was opened to the public on Friday.  The National Mosque of Ghana Complex, contains a grand mosque which is the second, an office complex for the National Chief Imam, a clinic fitted with…

Roche Omer Kraidy has been elected as the President of the Liberty and Democracy for the Republic (Lider), an Ivorian opposition party.  This party was founded by Mamadou Koulibaly, who was the former president of the Ivorian National Assembly under…

A bust of former President of Niger, Mr Issoufou Mahamadou has been unveiled in his honour by AU leaders, in Accra. The bust is in recognition of his immense contributions, sacrifices and dedication to the realization of the African Continental…

More than 15 people are missing after a ship sank off the coast of Liberia over the weekend.  The unlicensed vessel was sailing from the coast of the Capital Monrovia, to the Southeastern region of Maryland County when the incident…

Prime Minister Patrick Achi says World Bank programme to help medical clinics in Cote d’Ivoire procure equipment from General Electric and Philips could spur the cocoa-producing country’s development into a regional medical hub. As in other African countries, many smaller…

In Nigeria, Bandits on Sunday killed 13 policemen and three others in an attack on Kurar Mota community in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The latest attack comes after the bandit’s leader exchanged his father who was arrested…

The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to raise a special team of 40,000 Police Mobile Unit officers to undergo a special training out of which 1,000 of them should be deployed to every state for immediate operations.…

Ghana’ largest opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for the Chief Justice, Justice Kwesi Anin-Yeboah, to step aside from his position over a $5million bribery allegation.  Justice Anin-Yeboah is alleged to have received a $5 million…

An emir kidnapped in northern Nigeria's Kaduna state has been freed while 13 other family members remained in captivity, his son said Tuesday. The attackers, known locally as bandits, stormed the palace of 83-year-old Alhassan Adamu, the emir of Kajuru…