Cameroon activists handed jail terms
Yaoundé – Four activists from Cameroon’s Stand Up for Cameroon pressure group received 16-month jail terms on Friday for “insurrection”,... Read more
1 Jan, 2022
Lawyers urge Niger to stop expulsion of eight Rwandans
Niamey – Lawyers appealed on Friday to Niger to reconsider its expulsion of eight Rwandans linked to the East... Read more
1 Jan, 2022
Guinea’s deposed leader Alpha Conde authorised to leave country
Conakry – Guinea’s ex-president Alpha Conde, who has been detained since his ouster in a September coup, obtained authorisation on... Read more
1 Jan, 2022
Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari approves record budget for 2022
Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed off on his government’s 2022 budget of a record 17 trillion... Read more
1 Jan, 2022
Mali junta moots five-year transition to civilian rule
Bamako – Mali’s military-dominated government on Thursday suggested that the poor Sahel country might take five years to return to... Read more
31 Dec, 2021
Osimhen forced to sit out Africa Cup of Nations
Abuja – Nigeria have been forced to make four late changes to their final Africa Cup of Nations squad with... Read more
31 Dec, 2021
Gabon detains taekwondo coach over alleged paedophilia
Libreville – Gabon has detained a taekwondo coach suspected of abusing underage boys in his care, a judicial source said... Read more
30 Dec, 2021
Four soldiers killed in Mali attack, army says
Bamako – Four Malian soldiers were killed and around a dozen others were wounded when they were attacked in the... Read more
30 Dec, 2021
Senegal burial row sparks calls for end to caste prejudice
Dakar – Human rights campaigners in Senegal have called for an end to caste-based discrimination after village elders refused to... Read more
30 Dec, 2021
Niger expels eight Rwandans linked to 1994 genocide
Niamey – Niger has ordered the expulsion of eight Rwandans linked to the east African country’s 1994 genocide, just a... Read more
30 Dec, 2021
