‘A source of pride’: Senegal fish dish wins Unesco recognition
Dakar – In a small restaurant in Senegal’s seaside capital Dakar, Thiane Ngom has risen early to cook up... Read more
16 Dec, 2021
Benin’s star slips as beacon of democracy after opposition leaders jailed
Cotonou – Benin – once lauded as a poster child of good governance in West Africa – is facing... Read more
15 Dec, 2021
Gambia opposition asks Supreme Court to annul election results
Banjul – The Gambia’s leading opposition party on Tuesday said it had petitioned the Supreme Court to annul a December... Read more
15 Dec, 2021
Ghana president slams ‘vaccine nationalism’ in EU
Strasbourg – Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo warned EU lawmakers on Tuesday that the bloc’s drive to deliver Covid booster jabs... Read more
15 Dec, 2021
French soldiers lower flag after years in Mali’s Timbuktu
Timbuktu – French troops were preparing to leave the Malian city of Timbuktu on Tuesday, in a symbolic departure... Read more
14 Dec, 2021
Ble Goude calls on Hague court to help him return to Ivory Coast
Abidjan – Charles Ble Goude, a former right-hand man to Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, on Monday called on the... Read more
14 Dec, 2021
Covid-19: Ghana to charge airlines $3 500 per unvaccinated passenger, report says
Cape Town – Ghana airport has reportedly said that it will fine airlines if they fly in passengers who... Read more
14 Dec, 2021
Gunmen kill eight at Nigeria village market, residents say
Jos – Suspected criminal gang members in central Nigeria’s Plateau state attacked a village during market day killing at least... Read more
14 Dec, 2021
French forces pack up in Mali for Sahel pullout
Gao – After nine years deployed in Mali, France is organising a drawdown, with troops preparing to leave the... Read more
13 Dec, 2021
Burkina Faso protest seeks ‘justice’ for 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo
Ouagadougou – Several hundred people demonstrated on Monday in the Burkina Faso capital demanding “justice” for investigative journalist Norbert Zongo,... Read more
13 Dec, 2021
