Deadly air strikes on bandit camps in NW Nigeria, officials say
Kano – Air strikes targeting camps of gangs of cattle thieves in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state, near the border... Read more
22 Nov, 2021
Blinken warns Russia’s Wagner group against Mali meddling
Dakar – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned the shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner over involvement... Read more
21 Nov, 2021
Blinken showcases benefits of democracy on Senegal visit
Dakar – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday promised new investment in Senegal in a bid to... Read more
21 Nov, 2021
Four wounded after Burkina Faso protest against French army
Ouagadougou – Four people were treated for gunshot wounds in Burkina Faso on Saturday after French and Burkinabe forces tried... Read more
21 Nov, 2021
At least 7 girls drown in Nigeria boat mishap
Kano – Seven girls drowned after a boat they were rowing across a river in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state capsized,... Read more
21 Nov, 2021
Equatorial Guinea’s ruler set to be nominated for sixth term
Malabo – Equatorial Guinea’s president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the longest ruling head of state in the world excluding monarchs,... Read more
20 Nov, 2021
Ivory Coast probes rape claims against security forces
Abidjan – Ivory Coast is probing claims its security forces raped five women during a crackdown on illegal gold mining... Read more
20 Nov, 2021
Gambia’s ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh defies president ahead of polls
Banjul – Gambia’s former dictator Yahya Jammeh, now in exile, has defied outgoing president Adama Barrow from afar as the... Read more
20 Nov, 2021
Surrendered Nigeria jihadists riot in tense northeast
Kano – Hundreds of Nigerian Boko Haram jihadists who are being held in a camp after surrendering to the military... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
US diplomat Antony Blinken heads to Nigeria facing calls to rethink ties
Nairobi – Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Nigeria on Thursday as persistent unrest and human rights concerns prompt... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
