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Escaped Chibok girls overcome doubts and jealousy to attend university

When a colleague asked Margee Ensign to help her sister who had been snatched by Boko Haram from her school dormitory in Chibok and...

Niger Delta Avengers “bomb” oil pipes in Nigeria

The insurgency has badly affected oil production. Photo Credit: AFP A militant group in Nigeria called the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has claimed to have...

Thousands of children risk dying of hunger in Nigeria

The UN says that overall 400,000 children in Nigeria's north-east urgently need humanitarian aid. Photo Credit: AP   The United Nation has announced that thousands of...

Ghana’s new flyover sparks excitement among motorists

The flyover is said to be the longest and highest in West Africa. Photo Credit: Starr FM   Some Ghanaians are excited over a new flyover...

550 migrants rescued at sea, five bodies recovered

About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Monday in five operations during...

Gambia to leave International Criminal Court Nov. 10, 2017: U.N.

Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) poses for pictures at The Hague, Netherlands October 26, 2016.REUTERS/Michael Kooren     Gambia has notified the United...

Ivorian legend Laurent Pokou dies aged 69

Laurent Pokou will be remembered as one of Ivory Coast's finest players of all time. Photo Credit: BBC Long after Laurent N'dri Pokou had hung...

Nigerian University shutdown, as students protest school fees’ increase

Photo Credit: Punchng   Hundreds of students of the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, on Monday staged a protest over the alleged increase in school...

Guinea Bissau president to dissolve government

Guinea Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz said on Monday he will dissolve the government led by Prime Minister Baciro Dja and appoint another soon,...

[Update] Nigeria’s police officers clash with Shia Muslim sect, 10 feared dead

Prominent Nigerians Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has been in military custody since last year. Photo Credit: AFP Police in Nigeria have clashed with Shia Muslim sect...

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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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