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4 charged for doctored WhatsApp photo of Senegal’s president

Four people have been charged over sharing a doctored photo of Senegalese President Macky Sall's face superimposed on the body of a naked man...

Sahel states want $56m EU for anti-Islamist force

The countries of West Africa’s Sahel region are requesting 50 million euros ($56 million) from the European Union to help set up a multinational...

Jammeh’s loyalists clash with ECOWAS troops

Six people have been seriously wounded in the Gambia after supporters of ex-President Yahya Jammeh clashed with regional forces deployed in the wake of...

14 dead after gangs clash in southern Nigeria

Members of two rival gangs clashed in southern Nigeria early on Friday in violence that left at least 12 people dead, a community leader...

Charles Taylor’s ex-wife charged with torture

The ex-wife of Liberia's former president has been charged with torture, the Metropolitan Police said. Agnes Reeves Taylor, who was married to Charles Taylor, is...

Nigeria policemen ‘killed by navy’ in Calabar

Three Nigerian police officers have reportedly been killed after clashes with members of the navy in the south-eastern city of Calabar. It is unclear what...

Ghanaian woman dies trying to reach Canada

A 57-year-old woman believed to be from Ghana was found dead near the U.S.-Manitoba border last week after officials say she likely attempted to...

Missing Ghanaian Unicef director : Woman’s decomposed body found on Table Mountain

There is anxiety among family members of the Ghanaian Unicef director Charlotte Nikoi who went missing months ago in South Africa after a decomposed...

Tragic: Soldier lynched and burnt in Ghana

There is widespread outrage in Ghana following the mistaken lynching of a top official of the country’s armed forces. Captain Maxwell Mahama was reportedly lynched...

Three dead in clashes between police and ex-rebels in Ivory Coast

Three demobilised ex-rebel fighters were killed in Ivory Coast's second-biggest city, Bouake, on Tuesday as they clashed with police attempting to end their protest...

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