Ivory Coast’s Ble Goude says he wants to make low-key return
Abidjan – Charles Ble Goude, a key figure in post-electoral violence that swept Ivory Coast 11 years ago, wants... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
Two arrests after German priest goes missing in Mali, says police source
Dakar – Two people have been arrested in Mali as part of a probe into the disappearance of a... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
Ivory Coast launches major drive to reverse deforestation
Abidjan – Ivory Coast, which has lost nearly all its forests in the last half century, has launched a... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
Mali hit by unprecedented wave of rights violations, says NGO
Dakar – This year is set to be the deadliest recorded in Mali, with an unprecedented rise in attacks... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
Nigeria gunmen kill three policemen, kidnap oil executive
Port Harcourt – Gunmen have killed three police escorts and abducted a local oil executive in southern Nigeria’s petroleum-producing... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
Struggling Ghana plans tax rise, debt swap to secure IMF aid
Accra – Ghana’s finance minister, Kenneth Ofori-Atta, presented the 2023 budget to parliament on Thursday, hiking tax and planning... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
WATCH | Sierra Leone lawmakers brawl over electoral reform
Freetown – A brawl broke out in Sierra Leone’s parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a proposed change to... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
NGO says Burkina Faso jihadist attacks rob million students of school
Ouagadougou – More than 5 700 schools have been closed in Burkina Faso due to the security situation, with... Read more
24 Nov, 2022
11 killed in jihadist raid on Mali displaced people
Bamako – Eleven civilians living in a camp for displaced people were killed in a jihadist raid in northern... Read more
24 Nov, 2022
Guinea-Bissau police launch hunt for ex-PM
Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s police are “actively” searching for former prime minister Aristide Gomes, who went into hiding after returning... Read more
24 Nov, 2022
