Two migrants die, 88 saved off Cape Verde
Praia – Rescue teams in Cape Verde have saved 88 migrants adrift in a canoe, but two others aboard... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Road crash in Senegal kills 19, firefighters say
Dakar – Nineteen people were killed on Monday when a bus and a truck collided in northern Senegal, firefighters... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Tear gas fired as influential Malian imam returns
Bamako – Followers of an influential Malian imam on Sunday called for the country’s ruling junta to explain the... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Four Mali police killed in ambush
Dakar – Four gendarmes were killed and three others injured on Sunday after being ambushed in western Mali, a... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Inflation bites into Sierra Leone’s all-important ‘cookeries’
Freetown – Jariatu Kargbo hauls a wooden spoon longer than her arm through a vat of rice as customers... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Sources say presumed jihadists abduct 50 women in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists have abducted roughly 50 women in insurgency-wracked northern Burkina Faso, local officials and residents told... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Togo’s opposition holds rare rally in the capital
Lome – An alliance of seven opposition parties in Togo held a peaceful rally on Saturday in the capital... Read more
15 Jan, 2023
Lawyer for Mauritania’s ex-president fears unfair trial
Nouakchott – A lawyer for Mauritania’s ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, said on Saturday his client might not get... Read more
15 Jan, 2023
Cameroon’s ‘funeral music’ gives voice to frustrated youth
Yaounde – It began as a form of music chanted at wakes to comfort mourners – now it is... Read more
14 Jan, 2023
Fifteen films bid for top prize in Africa’s premiere film fest
Ouagadougou – Fifteen feature-length movies are vying for the top prize in next month’s FESPACO festival, Africa’s top cinema... Read more
14 Jan, 2023
