The military in Nigeria has said that over 1,000 people held hostage by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the northeast of the country have been rescued.
The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday travel to London in the UK for a four day medical check-up, according to his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking re-election in 2019 despite facing major challenges in his country and criticisms about his performance.
At least 45 people died in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria, a police official told Reuters on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents underscoring insecurity in parts of the country.
Two former generals who worked with former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh up until he was ousted have rejected charges of desertion brought against them by the military.
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 16 Tuareg civilians in attacks in northern Mali, just days after 40 Tuaregs were killed during similar raids on neighbouring villages, local authorities said on Wednesday.
The government of Ghana has said that it has created over one million jobs as it defends its promise to fix the high rate of unemployment in the West African nation.
At least 27 people have been killed in an explosion near a mosque in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday in an attack suspected to have been carried out by militants.
The International Monetary Fund’s board on Monday approved the next disbursement of about $191 million under Ghana’s aid program, while urging the West African country to take further steps to address its high debt.
