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Mutinying soldiers seal off access to Ivory Coast’s second city

Disgruntled soldiers sealed off access to Ivory Coast's second largest city Bouake on Saturday, soldiers and residents said, as protests over a pay dispute...

Ghana’s major cemeteries are full, citizens urged to opt for cremation

We have to die one day and there is no way avoiding that, but some people in Africa appear to be giving a thought...

More Nigerians return home from crisis-hit Libya

258 Nigerians have returned home from Libya on Thursday night with the help of the United Nations migration agency International Organisation for Migration (IOM). This...

Gunfire in Ivory Coast barracks

Sporadic gunfire rang out overnight in a military barracks in Ivory Coast's second city of Bouake, where a mutiny erupted in January, an AFP...

2 Nigerians shot dead in South Africa

The Nigeria Union in South Africa said on Wednesday that two Nigerians  were  shot dead in Western Cape Province of that country. Mr Mike Ibitoye,...

Parents of Chibok schoolgirls face wait to be reunited

Eighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls who were released from Boko Haram captivity after more than three years face a wait to be reunited with their families,...

Gambia’s Jammeh-era central bank governor sacked

The head of Gambia's central bank Amadou Colley, appointed by the previous President Yahya Jammeh, has been sacked. No official reason has been given for the...

Over 100 people hospitalized after gas explosion in Ghana

A gas explosion in Ghana’s Western Region has left over 100 people hospitalized. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning during the discharge of liquefied...

Militants kill 7 soldiers in attack in north Mali

Unidentified militants killed seven Malian soldiers in the north at the weekend, the defence ministry said on Monday, days after the West African country...

Ghana declares agric ‘state of emergency’ over armyworm invasion

Ghana’s parliament has been asked by the Agriculture Minister to declare a ‘state of emergency’ over an armyworm invasion that threatens a $133m project...

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