Cameroon World Cup kit clash leaves traders in despair
Douala – With the World Cup due to kick off in Qatar just weeks from now, Cameroon’s famously raucous... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso recruits 50 000 civilians to help battle jihadists
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso this week launched a drive to recruit 50 000 civilian defence volunteers to help the... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Ghana ruling party lawmakers demand finance minister’s dismissal
Accra – Ghanaian ruling party lawmakers on Tuesday demanded President Nana Akufo-Addo fire the finance ministers, piling pressure his... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Hunger forces hard choices in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northeast
Gongulong – Ten years ago the threat of jihadist violence forced Falmata Mustapha to abandon the fertile land that her... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Will Africa’s metals boom suffer the same curse as oil?
Moanda – Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the bleak landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon,... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso ‘terrorist’ attack kills 10 soldiers
Ouagadougou – At least 10 Burkina Faso soldiers died and around 50 were wounded on Monday in an assault... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Ivory Coast ‘street general’ Ble Goude to return home after acquittal
Abidjan – The former right-hand man of Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo told AFP on Monday that he will... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Chad protest witnesses recall ‘terrible, terrible day’ of death
N’Djamena – Witnesses have come forward to tell AFP of the “absolutely terrible, terrible day” of violence that left... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
African Union leader urges overhaul of global governance
Diamniadio – Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who heads the African Union, on Monday deplored the “lack of coherence” from... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Nigeria calls for calm after US, UK warn of ‘terror’ threat
Abuja – Western embassies in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Monday advised their citizens in the country to limit their... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
