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Nigeria: Red Cross pleads for the release of abducted health workers

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) wants two health workers abducted by militants in Nigeria, released. The health workers were abducted in March...

Nigeria imposes travel ban on 50 prominent politicians

The government of Nigeria has placed a travel ban on fifty prominent politicians as part of efforts to fight corruption. The ban announced on Saturday...

Liberia: Girls raped at US Charity meant to protect them

Several girls in Liberia have been subjected to systematic rape at a US charity. The girls had been at this charity seeking protection from...

Nigerian soldiers injured in Boko Haram attack

Nigerian Army officials say six soldiers have been injured in the latest Boko Haram attack in Borno state. The ambush attack on Friday took place...

Ghana’s Accra Mall roof collapse not due to lack of maintenance, officials say

Officials in Ghana’s have ruled out lack of maintenance culture as the cause of the roof collapse in one of the country’s biggest shopping...

Roof of Ghana’s Accra Mall collapses, one injured

Parts of the roof of one of Ghana's biggest shopping malls on Thursday collapsed while scores were shopping. There are scanty details about the number...

Opinion: Impact of bad menstrual hygiene practices on girls’ education

Menstruation is still seen as an embarrassing, shameful, and dirty process in most parts of the world, especially Africa. There are many taboos around...

Hundreds of mental health patients still chained in Ghana

Hundreds of people with “real” or “perceived” mental health conditions remain chained in prayer camps in Ghana, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Ghana’s government...

11 people burnt in Abuja restaurant gas explosion

Eleven people are reported to have suffered sever burns in a gas explosion. The explosion occurred at a restaurant in the Nigerian city of...

AFCON 2019: Sierra Leone’s match against Ghana cancelled

Sierra Leone’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Ghana in Kumasi will not go ahead on Thursday after the country’s football association failed to get...

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