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Niger Delta Avengers “bomb” oil pipes in Nigeria

The insurgency has badly affected oil production. Photo Credit: AFP A militant group in Nigeria called the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has claimed to have...

Thousands of children risk dying of hunger in Nigeria

The UN says that overall 400,000 children in Nigeria's north-east urgently need humanitarian aid. Photo Credit: AP   The United Nation has announced that thousands of...

Ghana’s new flyover sparks excitement among motorists

The flyover is said to be the longest and highest in West Africa. Photo Credit: Starr FM   Some Ghanaians are excited over a new flyover...

550 migrants rescued at sea, five bodies recovered

About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Monday in five operations during...

Gambia to leave International Criminal Court Nov. 10, 2017: U.N.

Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) poses for pictures at The Hague, Netherlands October 26, 2016.REUTERS/Michael Kooren     Gambia has notified the United...

Ivorian legend Laurent Pokou dies aged 69

Laurent Pokou will be remembered as one of Ivory Coast's finest players of all time. Photo Credit: BBC Long after Laurent N'dri Pokou had hung...

Nigerian University shutdown, as students protest school fees’ increase

Photo Credit: Punchng   Hundreds of students of the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, on Monday staged a protest over the alleged increase in school...

Guinea Bissau president to dissolve government

Guinea Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz said on Monday he will dissolve the government led by Prime Minister Baciro Dja and appoint another soon,...

[Update] Nigeria’s police officers clash with Shia Muslim sect, 10 feared dead

Prominent Nigerians Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has been in military custody since last year. Photo Credit: AFP Police in Nigeria have clashed with Shia Muslim sect...

Boko Haram says it is ready for ‘war’ under US President-Elect Trump

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram has reacted to the election of Donald Trump as the United States presidency...

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