In Senegal, the Ministry of Health and Social Action on Monday announced, new infections and new deaths related to COVID-19. According to officials, there have been 79 new COVID cases from 1442 tests, representing a positivity rate of 5.47%. Veronica…

Four French soldiers were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Burkina Faso, France's military told AFP Tuesday evening. "(Their) off-road vehicle activated an IED as it left Ouahigouya airport," the army said in a statement, adding the…

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…