In Cameroon, kidnappers on Wednesday broke into a bilingual high school a few minutes after classes had commenced. The events took place in Weh, a town in the Menchum department of the English-speaking North West region of the country.

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio has sacked the country’s attorney general and minister of justice minister. Anthony Yeiwoh Brewah’s sacking has been linked to the pardoning of prisoners on New Year's Day but the government is yet to issue…

Ghana’s Central Bank has directed all financial institutions to only accept Ghana Cards for all transactions. The Bank of Ghana (BoG) explained that this order takes effect from July 1, 2022. From Accra, Eric Mawuena Egbeta completes the story.

The government of Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos has announced that the construction of a 500-bed psychiatric hospital and rehabilitation center in Ketu is near completion. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made the disclosure during a conference…

Former Ivorian First Lady Simone Gbagbo has called for the drafting and adoption of a new constitution. She also called for a new Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) that can guarantee peaceful elections.  During a conference in Abidjan, Simone Gbagbo took…

The Burkinabe government on Wednesday gave details on its directive restricting access to the social network platform – Facebook. Since January 10, populations in Burkina Faso have been denied access to Facebook. During a Press conference in the nation’s capital…

President Adama Barrow has praised the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS for the pace of the transition in the Gambia. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony to serve his second term on Wednesday, Barrow said the presence of ECOWAS…

In Nigeria, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Department of State Services, Imo State Command, have rescued a middle-aged Burundian woman and her three children suspected to be victims of trafficking. They were…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced some changes to the guidelines for Ghanaians entering the country through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Per the earlier modification implemented during the yuletide last year, persons aged 18 years and above, arriving…