Six people died after sneaking into a goldmine in the northern Bam province of Burkina Faso, police said Thursday, leading to angry scenes in which the mine was vandalised and vehicles were torched. Police said in a statement that the…

Ghana’s government is expected to take delivery of over 1.2 million Moderna vaccines on Saturday, 4th September 2021. According to the Ministry of Information, an additional 1.3 million Pfizer vaccines are also expected in Ghana by the end of this…

Nigeria's senate leader, Ahmed Lawan, has attributed leadership deficit as one of the factors preventing the country from achieving sustainable economic growth and development. Speaking Thursday at the fourth leadership mentorship program for young people initiated by the Kaduna state…

The Nigerian army has announced the death of about fifty Boko Haram militants. They were neutralized in operations in the strongholds of the group in the northeast of the country. At the same time, authorities are discussing with neighboring Cameroon…

In the Gambia, Health workers are attributing the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic to the failure of people to adhere to  safety protocols. Politicians including President Adama Barrow have failed to observe the measures as they continue to hold…

Bandits have returned five students Kidnapped from of Government Day Secondary School Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state North Western Nigeria.  At least 73 of the students had been kidnapped on Wednesday morning, according to the police.…

The Spanish government’s delegation in the Canary Islands said rescuers retrieved 32 survivors and one body overnight from a rubber boat in waters south of Fuerteventura, the closest of the archipelago’s islands to the African coast. One of the survivors…