Ghana opens first skate park honouring fashion icon Virgil Abloh
Accra – Ghana has opened its first skate park in the heart of the capital, Accra, in honour of... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Vaccination and Covid test required for Africa Cup fans
Yaoundé – Supporters attending matches at next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will be required to show proof... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Guinea-Bissau state media staff strike over pay
Bissau – Guinea-Bissau state radio and television did not broadcast on Thursday, as public media employees started a three-day strike... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Two children die in Guinea after sexual assaults, rights groups say
Dakar – Two girls, including a 3-year-old, have died in Guinea after being sexually assaulted, rights groups said, calling for... Read more
16 Dec, 2021
Europe builds up Mali force as France draws down troops
Ménaka – France’s military camps in Mali are going quiet as Paris winds down its security presence in the... Read more
16 Dec, 2021
‘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
