Nigeria soldier kills aid worker, wounds UN pilot
Lagos – A Nigerian soldier shot and killed a humanitarian worker, another soldier and wounded a UN pilot in... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Language proposal stirs thorny debate in troubled Mali
Bamako – Mali gained independence from France in 1960, yet even today French is the language of government business,... Read more
18 Nov, 2022
‘Nothing to eat’: People starve in Burkina Faso town under jihadist blockade
Ouagadougou – Jihadists have dynamited bridges and mounted deadly attacks against supply convoys, blockading Burkina Faso’s northern town of... Read more
18 Nov, 2022
Guinea infrastructure minister ousted in widening anti-graft campaign
Conakry – Guinea’s junta has gutted the country’s infrastructure ministry, ousting its head and seven staffers as the West... Read more
18 Nov, 2022
Chad opposition in shock after crackdown
N’Djamena – Some have fled or gone into hiding while for others, just to walk in front of their... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Climate change fuelled rains behind deadly Nigeria floods: study
Paris – Heavy rains behind floods that killed over 600 people in Nigeria this year were about 80 times... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Absent Nigerians confront World Cup ‘bad dream’
Abuja – Nigerians are facing up to the reality of not qualifying for the World Cup, which kicks off... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Niger’s threatened giraffes find new home
Niamey – Conservationists in Niger said on Wednesday they had transferred threatened West African giraffes to a new home... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Sierra Leone to introduce gender quotas
Freetown – Sierra Leonean lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation to introduce a gender quota in parliament, a major campaign... Read more
16 Nov, 2022
Ivory Coast to quit UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Abidjan – Ivory Coast says it will withdraw from the UN’s peacekeeping operations in troubled Mali, a move coinciding... Read more
16 Nov, 2022
