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UN helicopter crashes in Mali

A UN helicopter crashed in northern Mali on Wednesday in an apparent accident while serving with the 12 000-strong peacekeeping force in the country,...

Lagos building collapse: Rescue mission ends, at least 8 dead

A four-story residential building has collapsed in Nigerian city of Lagos killing at least eight people. AFP reported that at least 15 people were rescued...

Ghana’s schools lack toilets – UNICEF

Schools in Ghana have been hit by a shortage of toilets and pit latrines which could affect the learning process of pupils, and a...

Militants kidnap oil survey team members in northeast Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped 10 members of a university research team prospecting for oil in northeast Nigeria, the state oil company, which...

5 killed by militants in Burkina Faso

Suspected jihadists killed five people in a series of attacks overnight in northern Burkina Faso, local officials and security sources said Tuesday. Gunmen carried out...

Nigeria’s Buhari to return home when doctors permit

Nigeria's president has said he is recovering from illness and that he expects to return from treatment in London once doctors give the go-ahead,...

Gambia’s Army Chiefs regret Jammeh’s coup in 1994

The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) has said that it regrets the July 22nd coup that brought the former long term leader, Yahya Jammeh into...

Suicide bomb attack in Nigeria kills at least 8

A civilian self-defense group says at least eight people are dead after female suicide bombers attacked two displaced persons camps in northeastern Nigeria's main...

ECOWAS calls for birth control in the sub-region

Senior politicians in the Economic Community of West African States Ecowas on Saturday called for measures to cut the birth rate in the region...

First photo of sick Buhari released

Nigeria released a photograph of President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, the first in almost three months after he left the country on May 7...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

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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