West Africa

At least 115 killed in military crackdown in Nigeria – Amnesty

Lagos – Amnesty International on Thursday accused Nigerian security forces of using excessive force and killing at least 115 people... Read more

5 Aug, 2021

Dakar – A Senegalese student has been detained for fraud after allegedly disguising himself as a woman and sitting his... Read more

4 Aug, 2021

Abidjan – Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Monday called for 110 detainees to be released, describing them as... Read more

3 Aug, 2021

Kano – Nigeria has filed fresh terrorism charges against a Shia Muslim cleric, Ibrahim Zakzaky, a prosecution lawyer said... Read more

2 Aug, 2021

Yaounde – Human Rights Watch on Monday urged authorities in Cameroon to protect civilians caught up in a conflict... Read more

2 Aug, 2021

Lagos – Doctors in Nigeria’s state-run hospitals on Monday began a strike over pay, insurance benefits and poor facilities, union... Read more

2 Aug, 2021

Paris – France on Friday cleared the extradition of Francois Compaore, the brother of Burkina Faso’s former president, to... Read more

1 Aug, 2021

Abuja – Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States on Sunday as the... Read more

1 Aug, 2021

Niamey – Heavy rains lashing arid Niger since June have killed 35 people and made more than 26 500... Read more

1 Aug, 2021

Tokyo – Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been barred from the Olympics after failing a drug test, the first... Read more

31 Jul, 2021