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Nigeria: Six killed in fresh Kaduna attack

No fewer than six people have been killed during separate attacks carried out by gunmen in four communities in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, North Central Nigeria. This is coming as three more abducted students of the Bethel…

Ghanaians prepare for #FixTheCountry protest

All is set for the #Fix The Country Demonstration in Accra today. This comes after several attempts by the government to prevent the demonstrators from hitting the streets against hardships being experienced in the country.  Last week, Ghanaians living in…

Bus and truck crash kills 41 in Mali

The Malian government and local officials say thirty-seven people were killed and several others injured when a bus collided with a lorry in central Mali during heavy rain on Tuesday. Road accidents are a regular occurrence in the country, where…

FIFA suspends former CAF president Issa Hayatou for one year

The adjudicatory chamber of the Fifa Ethics Commission on Tuesday sentenced the former president of the African Confederation (CAF), Issa Hayatou, to a one-year suspension from all football-related activities, due to a contract with Lagardère Sports contrary to competitive principles.…

African Union slams Denmark over Aliens Act

The African Union condemned Denmark’s recently passed Aliens Act, which provides for Denmark to relocate asylum seekers to countries outside the European Union while their cases are being processed. The legislation, which was approved on June 3, is the latest…

Senegal seeing significant rise in Covid cases

Senegal over the weekend recorded over 1,700 covid19 new infections and over 30 deaths according to the Ministry of Health and Social Action. The new infections come from virological tests carried out on a sample of 7,331 individuals, corresponding to…

Sierra Leone extends curfew as COVID cases spike

With still 204 active cases in treatment, Sierra Leone has extend by one month a night time curfew re-imposed last month to contain a further spread of the Corona Virus. The government says the measures including social distancing and the…

Liberia hires investigator over sunken ship

Liberia has brought in an International Investigator to probe the sinking of the NIKO IVANKA vessel. The vessel sunk on July 17, 2021, near the coast of Marshall City in Margibi County, while enroute to Maryland County in the south…