Senegal seizes record cocaine haul
Dakar – Senegalese customs say they have seized 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of cocaine worth around $36 million aboard... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Equatorial Guinea shuts land borders ahead of election campaign
Malabo – Equatorial Guinea on Monday closed its land borders with Cameroon and Gabon to prevent what it describes... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Nigeria dismisses security risk after embassy warnings
Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held an emergency meeting with security chiefs, who played down any... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Seven killed in fuel tanker blast in Niger
Niamey – Seven people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded in a village in southern-central Niger after an... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Nigeria army repels attack on base, kills 8 jihadists
Kano – Nigeria’s military killed eight suspected of Islamic State-allied jihadists after repelling a raid on a military base... Read more
31 Oct, 2022
Ghana president seeks to reassure over economic ‘crisis’
Accra – Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has sought to reassure the country his government can manage an economic “crisis”... Read more
31 Oct, 2022
Chad PM says abducted Franco-Australian set free
N’Djamena – A French-Australian hostage kidnapped in eastern Chad has been released and is in “good health”, the Chadian... Read more
31 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso ambush kills 13 soldiers: security sources
Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists have ambushed and killed 13 soldiers in Burkina Faso’s eastern province, security sources told AFP... Read more
31 Oct, 2022
Niger government denies ‘massacre’ of civilians
Niamey – Niger denied on Saturday opposition claims of a massacre of civilians at an unofficial gold mine where... Read more
30 Oct, 2022
Niger lists 15 anti-rebel operations with French forces
Niamey – Nigerien and French forces staged 15 “joint operations” seizing arms and ammunition from jihadist insurgents along the... Read more
29 Oct, 2022
