Chad floods leave victims in despair
N’Djamena – One of the poorest and most arid states in the world, the landlocked nation of Chad has been... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Roadside bomb kills three children in Mali
Bamako – Three children were killed on Tuesday when their go-cart hit a roadside bomb in central Mali, medical... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Fourth UN peacekeeper dies after Mali blast
Bamako – A fourth United Nations soldier has died from injuries from a highway bomb in northern Mali, a... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
Nigerian gunmen attack two hospitals in volatile region
Abuja – Gunmen ransacked two hospitals in separate attacks in northwest and central Nigeria, a local official and an... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
Sierra Leone buries riot dead amid outcry
Freetown – Twenty-seven civilians killed in August riots in Sierra Leone were buried on Monday in the capital Freetown... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Nigerian gas company declares force majeure over flooding
Abuja – Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), a major liquified natural-gas company that exports internationally, on Monday declared force majeure... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Bomb kills two peacekeepers in Mali, UN says
Bamako – Two United Nations troops were killed and four others were badly injured by a roadside bomb in... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Jihadist fears cast shadow on Niger-Benin border
Gaya – Observers of troubled West Africa have long fretted that jihadists who have rampaged across the Sahel are... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Hungry elephants, Cameroon farmers struggle to coexist
Campo – Banana growers on the edge of a giant national park on Cameroon’s Atlantic coast say they can... Read more
17 Oct, 2022
Senegal not giving up on oil and gas
Saint-Louis – The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis,... Read more
17 Oct, 2022
