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Nigeria advises citizens against non-urgent travels

Nigeria has advised its citizens against any non-urgent travel to the United States until Washington clarifies its immigration policy, after several incidents in which...

Ghana’s President preaches unity, 60 years after Independence

Thousands of Ghanaians gathered at the country’s black stars square in the capital Accra on Monday for a national event to mark 60 years of gaining independence from Britain.

Nigeria’s Jonathan denies Chibok girls’ rescue snub

Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied a report by a UK newspaper that he snubbed an offer by the British air force to rescue more than 200 girls abducted by the Boko Haram in April 2014 from a boarding school in the town of Chibok.

[WATCH LIVE]-Ghanaians Celebrate 60 years of Independence

Ghanaians are celebrating 60 years of Independence from colonial rule. The West African country gained Independence from British rule on March 6, 1957. That struggle...

Militants kill 11 Malian soldiers near Burkina border

Militants attacked a Malian army post near the border of Burkina Faso on Sunday, killing 11 soldiers, a Mali defence ministry spokesman told Reuters.

Gambia’s Barrow reinstates soldiers who tried overthrowing Jammeh in 2014

Gambian President Adama Barrow has reinstated 18 soldiers into the Gambian Army. Out of the number are six soldiers convicted of plotting a coup against exiled leader Yahya Jammeh in 2014, a military source told AFP on Saturday.

Gambian president orders release of more prisoners

President Adama Barrow of The Gambia has ordered the release of 98 more prisoners from the country’s notorious Mile II prisons.

Ghanaian women reject male midwives

Some women in Ghana do not like to consult male midwives when they are pregnant. The Ghanaian government has scrapped a pilot project which allowed men to be trained as midwives.

Ghana alarmed by surge in gambling among youth

Ghana has for many years now struggled to create economic opportunities for its teaming youth many of whom are unemployed, but it now has another emerging threat to fix which is the surge in gambling among the youthful population.

Nigerian refugees in Cameroon to return home under UNHCR deal

Tens of thousands of Nigerians who fled to Cameroon to escape the Boko Haram insurgency could be voluntarily repatriated under an agreement signed by...

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