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Nigeria’s president Buhari ‘begs’ militants to stop bombing oil pipelines

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has made a passionate appeal to militants in the Niger Delta to stop destroying oil pipelines . The Punch reported...

Mali’s local elections marred by protests, boycotts

Voters register at a polling station during local elections in Bamako, Mali, November 20, 2016. Photo Credit: REUTERS   Malians burned ballot boxes and protested against long-delayed...

Nigeria’s government stops salaries for ex-leaders

Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) gracefully accepted defeat at the hands of Mr Buhari (R). Photo Credit: AFP   Nigeria's government has failed to pay the...

Six dead in suicide bombings in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

Photo File Credit: punchng   Police officials in Nigeria have confirmed the death of six people from suicide bombings in Maiduguri on Friday. The Commissioner of Police Damian...

Police in Ghana clash with illegal miners, at least two confirmed dead

Photo Credit: Starr Fm   Police in Ghana have confirmed the death of at least two people after illegal miners clashed with police officers in the...

Nigerian hanged in Singapore for cannabis offence

Photo Credit: BBC   A 38-year-old Nigerian man has been hanged for drug trafficking after being caught with 2.6kg of cannabis. "A 38-year-old male Nigerian national, Chijioke...

Children of Rastafarians in Ghana refused admissions into schools due to their dreadlocks

Some rastafarians in their dreadlocks. File photo Credit: 3FM   Rastafarians in Ghana have announced their intention to sue the country’s education ministry for denying their children...

U.N. expert questions legality of ‘brutal’ mass evictions in Nigeria

File Photo Credit: Amnesty International   A U.N. expert asked Nigeria on Thursday for urgent information about a forced eviction of thousands of people from makeshift...

32 people die in Niger from Rift Valley Fever

Rift Valley Fever primarily is an illness of livestock such as sheep, goats and camel. Photo Credit: AFP   Health officials in Niger have confirmed the...

Escaped Chibok girls overcome doubts and jealousy to attend university

When a colleague asked Margee Ensign to help her sister who had been snatched by Boko Haram from her school dormitory in Chibok and...

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