West Africa

At least 20 jihadists have been killed and four terrorists' bases destroyed in Burkina Faso during the first week of an ongoing military operation, the army says. The army and air force have been deployed in the North and Sahel…

At least 15 people died in Guinea over the weekend when a gold mine near Siguiri in the north near Mali border collapsed.  The detachment of an overhanging rock caused the collapse, according to witnesses. The Red Cross on the…

Social media campaign “Fix The Country Now” has gained momentum in Ghana. The campaign is a wakeup call to the government to address the growing social and economic problems facing Ghanaians. Organizers of the campaign had planned to lead a…

No fewer than 28 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Niger State. The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ahmed Inga  confirmed the deaths in a statement…

In Mali, the activist Ras Bath is once again behind bars. He spent only two weeks in freedom before being caught up in another case. Mouhamed Youssouf Batilly returned to his cell in Bamako prison on Friday facing accusation of…

Gunmen killed 12 police officers in weekend attacks targeting security agents in two of Nigeria’s oil-producing states in the Niger River Delta in an escalating conflict fueled by secessionist tensions. Seven of the officers were killed in Rivers State in…

The Ivorian Minister of Defense, Téné Birahima Ouattara, made a working visit to Ouagadougou on Monday. On the agenda of the exchanges with President Roch Kaboré and his counterpart, Cherif Sy, is the strengthening of military cooperation between the two…

The president of the Cocoa Association of Nigeria says mid-crop cocoa says output is expected to rise following higher than expected rainfall which has helped boost output for the 2020/21 season to an estimated 320,000 tons. Nigeria is the world's…

The government of Côte d'Ivoire has released 14 Liberians who were arrested and detained following a recent attack on a military base near Abidjan.  During the alleged attack, at least three Liberians were killed after the Ivorian Government accused them…

Ghanaian medical students on scholarship in Cuba are lamenting the harsh conditions they currently live in worsened by a delay in the release of their stipends. According to them, long delays in the payment of stipends, the lack of access…

Authorities in Nigeria on Monday re-introduced a nationwide 12 am to 4 am curfew to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The National Incident Manager Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Mukhtar Mohammed, announced this at a news conference in Abuja. Usman…

The political landscape in Benin republic remains tensed over the appointment of an opposition member and secretary general of the former ruling party as the country’s opposition leader. Paul Hounkpè was this week appointed by the Beninese President – Patrice…