Nigerian separatist released from Benin prison
Lagos – A Nigerian separatism activist who fled the country to avoid arrest was given conditional release from prison in... Read more
8 Mar, 2022
Cost, taboo make menstruation a nightmare for Cameroonian refugees
Ogoja – On the day Geraldine Mbia Enu fled her home with her three children to escape the conflict in... Read more
8 Mar, 2022
US slaps sanctions on 2 ‘Hezbollah financiers’ in Guinea
Conakry – The United States said it had slapped sanctions on two Lebanese businessmen based in the West African state... Read more
8 Mar, 2022
At least five killed in Ivory Coast building collapse
Abidjan – At least five people have died after a building collapsed in Ivory Coast’s economic hub Abidjan, emergency... Read more
8 Mar, 2022
Nigeria’s ex ‘super cop’ pleads not guilty to drug charges
Abuja – A high-profile Nigerian police commander once dubbed the country’s “super cop” pleaded not guilty to drug smuggling charges... Read more
8 Mar, 2022
Bomb kills two UN peacekeepers in Mali
Bamako – Two UN peacekeeping troops in central Mali were killed on Monday by a roadside bomb, the UN’s mission... Read more
7 Mar, 2022
Returning rebels in the spotlight as Chad talks loom
N’Djamena – Younous Wakai Djimmy admits he felt a little unsettled when he set foot on the soil of... Read more
7 Mar, 2022
In Mali, Tuareg filmmaker turns lens on women
Bamako – Fati Walet Mohamed Issa, a young documentary filmmaker from Mali’s volatile north, says her goal is to... Read more
7 Mar, 2022
Five Niger soldiers killed in IED explosion
Niamey – Five soldiers have been killed by a mine in Niger’s southwestern Torodi region, where jihadist attacks using improvised... Read more
6 Mar, 2022
Equatorial Guinea compensates families for 2021 blasts
Malabo – Equatorial Guinea compensated 84 families of victims of explosions last year that rocked a military camp in Bata,... Read more
5 Mar, 2022
