West Africa

Mali ex-intelligence officer arrested on coup attempt suspicions

Bamako – Mali’s former head of domestic intelligence has been charged on suspicion of attempting a coup, and others are... Read more

6 Nov, 2021

Niamey – The UN Refugee Agency said on Friday it had evacuated 172 Nigerien asylum-seekers from Libya, in the first... Read more

6 Nov, 2021

Freetown – A massive explosion at a petrol station in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, killed at least... Read more

6 Nov, 2021

Abuja – Nigerian security forces on Friday rescued six people who had been seized at a university near the capital’s... Read more

6 Nov, 2021

Akwa – Voters in the volatile southeastern Nigerian state of Anambra go to the polls on Saturday amid a... Read more

5 Nov, 2021

Conakry – Guinea’s coup leaders accused political parties and activists on Thursday of “disturbing public order and social peace” in... Read more

5 Nov, 2021

Banjul – The Gambia’s president Adama Barrow on Thursday declared his candidacy for the December 4 presidential poll, with campaigning... Read more

5 Nov, 2021

Lagos – The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise building in an upscale area of Nigeria’s commercial... Read more

4 Nov, 2021

Misratah – Libyan authorities and the United Nations’ migration agency on Wednesday repatriated 91 migrants to Niger, mainly women and... Read more

4 Nov, 2021

Lagos – The death toll from a collapsed high-rise building in Nigeria’s Lagos climbed to 22 on Wednesday, emergency... Read more

4 Nov, 2021