West Africa

Soldiers and ‘terrorists’ dead in Burkina Faso attack

Ouagadougou – Two soldiers died and a dozen “terrorists” were killed on Monday during an attack against a military... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

Niamey – A total of 50 West African migrants, including women and children, were rescued in the desert in... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

Lagos – Mounds of waste scattered along roads and vast landfills are a Nigerian eyesore. In Africa’s biggest economy and... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

Monrovia – Liberian President George Weah on Monday accepted the resignations of three close allies after the United States... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a January coup, has sacked... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

Lagos – Gunmen have attacked a convoy of an opposition senator in southeast Nigeria, killing five people, including two... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

Bamako – Three United Nations peacekeepers were hurt on Sunday when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED)... Read more

12 Sep, 2022

N’Djamena – Chad’s military junta said on Sunday it was suspending a summons for the country’s main opposition leader. Succes... Read more

12 Sep, 2022

Dele Ashiru, University of Lagos Lecturers at Nigeria’s public universities have been on strike 16 times since 1999. On... Read more

11 Sep, 2022

Bamako – Mali has linked the return of political dissidents living in the Ivory Coast with the release of... Read more

11 Sep, 2022