West Africa

Media condemnation in Burkina Faso after France’s RFI suspended

Ouagadougou – Media organisations in Burkina Faso have accused the ruling junta of a clampdown after Radio France Internationale... Read more

20 Dec, 2022

Accra – A major producer and exporter of gold, cocoa and oil, Ghana was once seen as an economic... Read more

20 Dec, 2022

Kano – Gunmen have killed more than 20 people in two separate attacks on farming communities in northern Nigeria,... Read more

20 Dec, 2022

Abeokuta – Picking through a field of garbage, Nigerian artist Eugene Konboye hunts for particular type of trash: plastic... Read more

20 Dec, 2022

Accra – Ghana suspended payments on part of its foreign debt on Monday as the country undertakes debt restructuring... Read more

19 Dec, 2022

Ouagadougou – Two soldiers and six civilians were killed in weekend attacks in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, security... Read more

19 Dec, 2022

Cape Town – Police in Zimbabwe reportedly arrested a Nigerian pastor at Victoria Falls Airport after he was found... Read more

19 Dec, 2022

Cairo – Egyptian businessman Mohamed el-Amin has died while serving a three-year sentence for trafficking and sexually assaulting girls... Read more

19 Dec, 2022

Bamako – Two peacekeepers in Mali were killed and four others wounded in an attack on Friday, the UN... Read more

18 Dec, 2022

Washington – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari voiced confidence on Friday in free polls in February, brushing aside any impact... Read more

18 Dec, 2022