Countries Right-wing opposition wins Sao Tome vote Sao Tome – The centre-right opposition won legislative elections in Sao Tome and Principe off Africa’s western coast, the... Read more 28 Sep, 2022
Countries Guinean ex-dictator jailed on eve of 2009 massacre trial Conakry – Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and several co-defendants were sent to prison on Tuesday, a day... Read more 28 Sep, 2022
Cameroon Heavy floods ravage West Africa farmlands Kano – Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from devastating floods that have destroyed... Read more 27 Sep, 2022
Countries Mali players fight each other at basketball World Cup Sydney – Governing body FIBA opened an investigation on Tuesday after two Mali players at the women’s basketball World Cup... Read more 27 Sep, 2022
Countries Guinea massacre victims await justice 13 years after stadium horror Conakry – Countless Guineans have waited 13 years for the trial of former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara and... Read more 27 Sep, 2022
Countries Nigeria presidential hopefuls in tight race as 2023 vote campaign opens Lagos – With Nigeria’s economy struggling and insecurity rife, four top presidential candidates start campaigning this week for next... Read more 26 Sep, 2022
Business Nigeria is producing less and less oil. Here’s why Omowumi Iledare, University of Cape Coast Nigeria’s oil output was at the lowest since 1990 as its crude oil... Read more 25 Sep, 2022
Countries Four dead, three rescued in Lagos building collapse Lagos – Four people were killed and three rescued on Friday when a three-storey building collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial... Read more 24 Sep, 2022
Countries Nigeria’s 2020 protesters look to the ballot box Abuja – Two years after Samuel Ashola was shot in the leg during a peaceful protest in Nigeria’s economic... Read more 23 Sep, 2022
Cameroon Two civilians shot by soldiers in breakaway Cameroon region Yaounde – Two civilians were killed in Cameroon after being shot by soldiers, the army said on Wednesday, the... Read more 22 Sep, 2022