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Mali: U.N. enacts sanctions over peace deal

The United Nations Security Council established a Mali sanctions regime on Tuesday that allows the body to blacklist anyone who violates or obstructs a 2015 peace deal, hinders the delivery of aid, commits human rights abuses or recruits child soldiers.

Nigeria: Buhari cancels cabinet meeting

Nigeria's weekly cabinet meeting has been canceled by President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the country's Information Minister, Lai Mohammed.

Nigeria angry at the killing of it’s national in SA

Nigerian officials are angry at the alleged killing of one of its nationals in South Africa by police officers and have now summoned South Africa's envoy over the matter.

Ghanaian teachers to be licensed before teaching

Teachers in Ghana will from September be required to be certified despite sitting for exams at their various training institutions. The teachers will need to be licensed before teaching in schools.

Over 381 civilians killed by Boko Haram since April

The rights group, Amnesty International on Tuesday said that at least 381 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon have been killed by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram since April this year.

African Petroleum to go to court over Gambian dispute

African Petroleum Corp plans to go to court to resolve its dispute with Gambia, the Norwegian-listed company said on Monday, after the government stripped it of its rights to explore for oil in two offshore areas.

Gabon: Opposition leaders banned from leaving the country

Gabon on Sunday announced a ban on opposition leaders, including former top African Union official Jean Ping, from leaving the country in what it said was a "temporary, administrative measure".

Prison break: 100 inmates escape in Ivory Coast

Almost 100 inmates escaped from a prison in the Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a string of jail breaks in the west African country, officials said.

Boko Haram militants kill 18 people in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 people in northeast Nigeria on Friday, according to local witnesses and officials, the latest in an escalating number of lethal attacks in the region.

Camp for displaced in Nigeria hit by Cholera

Cholera has broken out in northeast Nigeria at a camp for people displaced by the eight year conflict with Boko Haram, aid group Médecins Sans Frontières said on Thursday, bringing disease to communities already underfed and living in squalor.

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Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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