Week-long fuel scarcity hits oil-rich Nigeria
Lagos – A week-long petrol scarcity is fraying nerves in oil-producing Nigeria as gas stations run out of stock,... Read more
15 Feb, 2022
Suspended Nigerian top cop linked to drug cartel
Lagos – Nigeria’s drug agency on Monday declared a suspended senior police officer once celebrated for exposing several high-profile crimes... Read more
15 Feb, 2022
Ghana activist in court on treason charges
Accra – A popular Ghanaian activist who organised protests against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government was charged with treason on... Read more
14 Feb, 2022
Rebels promise to free seven Senegalese soldiers
Dakar – Separatist rebels in Casamance, a region of southern Senegal afflicted by a longstanding separatist conflict, are to free... Read more
14 Feb, 2022
Congo, Uganda, Togo leaders discuss security, coups
Brazzaville – Leaders from the two Congos, Uganda and Togo discussed security in central Africa and recent coups in the... Read more
13 Feb, 2022
Draft law excludes Mali junta chief from presidential run
Bamako – A bill drafted by Mali’s military would exclude junta chief Colonel Assimi Goita from standing in any future... Read more
13 Feb, 2022
Ghana activist detained over ‘coup’ comments
Accra – A popular Ghanaian social activist who has led protests against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government has been arrested after... Read more
12 Feb, 2022
Gunmen kill three police in restive southeast Nigeria
Lagos – Suspected separatists in southeast Nigeria have killed three policemen and wounded two others, police on Friday. Gunmen on... Read more
11 Feb, 2022
Guinea-Bissau leader accuses convicted drug baron over failed coup
Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Thursday accused a former Guinean navy chief with links to the drug... Read more
11 Feb, 2022
Burkina Faso junta chief declared president
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional... Read more
11 Feb, 2022
