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Ex-Gambian president Jammeh’s bank accounts seized

Gambian authorities have seized assets including 86 bank accounts and 131 properties linked to former president Yahya Jammeh, an official said on Monday, as...

Ghanaian mothers demand longer maternity leave

Ghanaian labor law requires that companies provide new mothers with at least three months maternity leave with pay. However as the World Health Organization...

Leader of Nigeria’s ruling APC party warns of coup threat

Nigeria has paid a high price to achieve democracy and will foil any attempts by those hoping to stage a coup, the national leader...

Chibok girls reunited with parents

There were emotional scenes Saturday as 82 kidnapped Chibok girls released by Boko Haram Islamists earlier this month were reunited with their parents. At the...

90 Nigerians deported from South Africa

South Africa has deported 90 Nigerians on Friday for committing immigration-related offences. The 90 deportees were dropped off from Johannesburg by a South African Airways...

Gambia court issues arrest warrant in journalist’s killing

A Gambian court has issued an arrest warrant for two former army officers suspected in the 2004 shooting to death of a journalist. The warrant...

France to continue with fight against jihadists in Mali

France will be uncompromising in its fight against militant Islamists in Mali and the Sahel region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday during his...

Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite

Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb)  into the orbit,...

Fight against Boko Haram undermined by Military graft

Military corruption is weakening Nigeria's efforts to battle the Islamist insurgency of Boko Haram, the watchdog Transparency International said on Thursday. Its report underlines the...

New law to allow 25-year-olds to run for political office in Nigeria

Nigeria is in the process of altering portions of its current constitution to allow more young people to run for political office. The youngest age...

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