Burkina Faso arrests two jihadists over village massacre
Burkina Faso has arrested two jihadists, including a local commander after a massacre in the northeast of the West... Read more
29 Jun, 2021
Nigeria restricts passengers from SA over virus spread
Nigeria has barred passengers who are not citizens or permanent residents from entering the country if they have been... Read more
29 Jun, 2021
Nigeria to get nearly 4m vaccine doses by August
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, will receive another batch of nearly four million doses of coronavirus vaccines under the... Read more
29 Jun, 2021
Laurent Gbagbo says ICC is biased and ‘not serious’
Former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo says the ICC is biased and ‘not serious’ – this, after he was... Read more
29 Jun, 2021
Burna Boy wins Best International Act at BET Awards
Burna Boy, the 29-year-old Nigerian star has been crowned this year’s winner of the Best International Act at the... Read more
28 Jun, 2021
French aid group in NE Nigeria says staff ‘never armed’ after suspension
French aid group Acted, whose activities in northeastern Nigeria have been suspended by authorities, on Sunday said none of... Read more
28 Jun, 2021
Home to Mama: 1 000s greet I Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo in native village
Laurent Gbagbo, the controversial former president of Ivory Coast, received a hero’s welcome, as he made a triumphant return... Read more
28 Jun, 2021
6 Malian soldiers killed, 15 UN peacekeepers wounded in separate attacks
Six Malian soldiers were killed on Friday in a raid in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state,... Read more
27 Jun, 2021
Nigeria ‘negotiations’ with Twitter set to begin after suspension
Nigeria negotiations with Twitter are set to begin after President Muhammadu Buhari assigned a team to engage with the... Read more
25 Jun, 2021
Northeast Nigeria conflict: At least 324 000 kids die of disease, hunger
A 12-year-old conflict in northeast Nigeria has caused the deaths of at least 324 000 children under five, mostly... Read more
24 Jun, 2021
