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Nigerian parliament opens inquiry into long-disputed Shell, Eni oil field

Nigerian President Buhari.   Nigeria's lower house opened an investigation on Tuesday into an offshore oil field owned by Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, the latest...

Gambia’s Jammeh still holds on to power as regional leaders fail to reach deal

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh attends a meeting with a delegation of West African leaders during the election crisis mediation at the presidential palace in...

West African leaders press Gambia’s Jammeh to quit

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh in Banjul, Gambia. Photo Credit: Reuters   Nobel peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and other African leaders on Tuesday urged Gambia's long-ruling...

Host families in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria at risk of hunger

Women and children are seen gathered at the water point at the Internally displaced peoples camp Muna camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria.  Reuters   When Boko Haram...

Lawyers in Gabon embark on indefinite strike

Lawyers in Gabon began an indefinite strike after ending an earlier 15-day strike to demand better conditions and unpaid allowances. The decision was taken after...

Gambia law society warns Jammeh over treasonable stunts

The Gambian Bar Association (GBA) has challenged the decision by outgoing president Yahya Jammeh to annul the last presidential polls which he lost to...

Lagos 2016 beach soccer begins

Team Switzerland celebrating after winning their Copa Lagos Beach Soccer match against Team Nigeria on Sunday. The Europeans won 8-3. Photo Credit: Saheed Olugbon.   The...

Nigeria sends surgeons to treat people injured in church collapse

Heavy duty equipment and machinery are seen at the premises of the collapsed church in Uyo, Nigeria. Photoo Credit: Reuters   Nigeria rushed plastic surgeons and...

Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf to lead mediation mission to Gambia

Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow. Photo Credit: Reuters   Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead a mission to Gambia on Tuesday to mediate in a crisis brought...

EU agrees money-for-migration deal with Mali

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Mali in October.   The European Union, under an agreement published on Monday, will provide...

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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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