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Ghana Elections: 7 candidates to contest for president after 3 others were re-instated

Ghana’s Electoral Commission has re-admitted three presidential candidates who were initially disqualified into the race for the country’s presidency.   The three candidates include a former...

[US Elections] More African leaders congratulate president-elect Donald Trump

The world has been stunned by the victory of Donald Trump becoming the 45th president of the United States. African leaders like their citizens have...

Freed Chibok girls spared from abuse and rape by Nigeria’s Boko Haram

The 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last month say they were not abused or raped during two-and-a-half years' captivity in northeast...

40 killed in Gunmen invasion of a mining site in Nigeria’s Zamfara

The Police in the Nigerian town of Zamfara have confirmed the killing of scores of people by gunmen after storming a mining site in...

Gunmen kill five Niger soldiers as Mali insurgency spreads

Heavily armed gunmen riding motor bikes and other vehicles raided a village and killed five soldiers in Niger near the border with Mali early...

Prisons officials in Ghana foil a jail break attempt at a major detention center

Prisons officials in Ghana have managed to foil a jail break attempt at the country's biggest detention center, the Nsawam Maximum Security Prison. One of...

Nigeria’s Chief Justice explains why seven senior judges were suspended

Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Mahmud Mohammed has said that the decision of the country’s National Judicial Council to suspend seven judges last week was to...

Police women deployed to Nigerian refugee camps to boost confidence of women and girls

The police command in Nigerian state of Borno has announced on Monday that it has deployed some 100 female police officers to refugee camps...

Ghana elections: Court ruling gives hope to disqualified presidential candidates

Ghana’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s election management body to allow presidential candidates it disqualified from contesting the upcoming elections, the chance to...

Victims of Cameroon rail crash file charges against operator

Victims of a rail crash that killed at least 79 people in Cameroon have filed a lawsuit against train operator Camrail and its French...

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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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