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Ghana: Fish farms hit by virus, mass immunization launched

Fish farms in Ghana have been hit by the Infectious Spleen and Kidney Virus diseases in fish. The country's ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development...

Guinea-Bissau: Former PM Embalo wins presidential poll

Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo has won last year's presidential run-off election  with 54% of the vote. The electoral commission said on Wednesday...

Gambia: Barrow registers new political party to seek re-election

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has registered his new political party called the National People’s Party (NPP) with the country’s electoral commission. The Gambia Independent Electoral...

Ghanaians fume at local innovator who built a car-plane

For years African innovators have struggled to get the backing of their own people. Often it is either because their inventions are deemed inferior or...

Ghana to adopt ECOWAS single currency ECO

Ghana's government has given the strongest indication ever that it would in 2020 adopt the new single currency to be used by ECOWAS member...

Guinea-Bissau holds presidential run-off election

Guinea-Bissau is holding second round of voting in a presidential run-off election that has two former prime ministers contesting. In the first round of voting,...

Ex-Ivorian rebel leader Soro accused of plotting a coup

Ivorian officials have accused former rebel leader and presidential candidate, Guillaume Soro of plotting a coup. Soro who intends contesting the 2020 presidential election if...

Militants in Burkina Faso kill 31 women, 4 others in attack

Militants in Burkina Faso on Tuesday launched a deadly attack on a town killing 35 civilians. Local officials say 31 of those killed were women...

Ivory Coast: Ex-rebel leader’s flight is diverted to Ghana

Ivorian prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for presidential candidate Guillaume Soro who aborted a planned return by diverting his flight to Ghana. The former...

Benin jails investigative journalist over Facebook post

Benin sentenced an investigative journalist to 18 months in prison on Tuesday for comments he posted on social media. Ignace Sossou quoted on his Facebook...

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