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Nigeria: Police arrest suspected serial rapist after 40 rape cases

Police in the Nigeria have arrested a suspected rapist following wave of sexual assault on women in some communities. The suspected is reported to have...

Ghana: Parts of the capital flooded after rains, one dead

Ghanaian officials say one person died after parts of the capital, Accra got flooded on Tuesday from overnight rainfall. Efforts are still ongoing to rescue...

Ghana wants to reduce MTN’s telecoms market share

Ghana will implement a set of policies to reduce the dominance of MTN in the country’s telecommunications market, the government has said in a...

Chad’s ex-leader Hissène Habré returns to prison after ‘Covid-19 leave’

The former president of Chad, Hissène Habré returned to prison in Senegal on Sunday after spending two months out of the facility. Hissene Habre gained...

Armed men kill at least 20 Malian villagers

Armed men dressed in military fatigues attacked a village of Fulani herders in central Mali, killing at least 20 people, a local government official...

Ghana: Police disrupt #BlackLivesMatter vigil, arrest activist

Police and soldiers in Ghana on Saturday night disrupted a #BlackLivesMatter vigil in honour of George Floyd, the blackman who was killed by police...

Nigerian woman ‘put on sale’ in Lebanon refuses to return home after rescue

The 30 year old Nigerian who was advertised for sale on Facebook in Lebanon has reportedly refused to return home. The woman was rescued by...

Malians protest against President Keita, call on him to resign

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is facing mounting pressure to resign from his own citizens who staged a protest on Friday. The protesters during a...

AfDB: Adesina’s troubles not over yet as he faces fresh probe

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has initiated a review of an internal investigation that took place against its president Akinwumi Adesina who is seeking...

Protests spread in Senegal over Covid-19 lockdown restrictions

Senegal’s government on Thursday relaxed a dawn-to-dusk curfew as protests spread in the capital Dakar over lockdown restrictions to fight the spread of Coronavirus. Since...

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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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