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Ivorian soldiers attack weapon base, set it on fire

Ivorian soldiers have reportedly launched an attack on a weapon base in the country’s second largest city, Bouake setting it on fire after looting the facility.

Special bar for entrepreneurs opens in Ghana

In Ghana a restaurant that serves largely entrepreneurs and business owners has opened in the country’s capital Accra, and only organic beverages and food are served customers who usually sit to talk business.

2 girls with bombs shot dead in Nigeria

Two teenage girls wearing explosive vests were shot dead by soldiers in a town in north eastern Nigeria just days after a blast killed 14 worshippers, militia sources told AFP on Tuesday.

Over 12 killed as farmers, cattle herders clash in Nigeria

At least a dozen people were killed over the weekend in apparent tit-for-tat clashes between farmers and cattle herders in central Nigeria, police and community sources said on Monday.

Police in Ghana attacked by mob for rescuing a ‘witch’

Police officers in Ghana came under attack in the country’s northern region when they tried rescuing a woman accused of witchcraft in a town called Gbulahagu in Tamale metropolis.

Ghanaians denied jobs over bleached skins

Ghanaians who were disqualified from securing jobs in the country’s immigration service had bleached skins and stretch marks, which the service considers inappropriate.

Ghana accused of abusing rights of gays and Lesbians

Ghana has been accused by the rights group, Human Rights Watch of abusing the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and those that are transgender.

Nigeria denies detaining Cameroon separatist leader

A Nigerian intelligence official on Sunday denied arresting Cameroon separatists in Abuja, after a rebel movement said its top leaders had been "abducted by gunmen".

Senegal’s President Sall orders probe into violence

A ministerial fact-finding mission was headed to Casamance in southern Senegal on Sunday after 13 youths were killed in the first upsurge in violence in the isolated region in years.

Equatorial Guinea looks for foiled coup plotters

The government of Equatorial Guinea has launched a manhunt for persons it suspects planned a foiled coup to overthrow the country’s leader, Theodoro Obiang last year.

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