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Mali suspends all new UN peacekeeping missions

Mali's military-led government has announced it is suspending all new troop rotations by U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA temporarily. The announcement on Thursday comes days after...

Gambia’s Alieu Touray takes over as ECOWAS commission president

Dr. Omar Alieu Touray from The Gambia has now taken over as the new president of the ECOWAS Commission.

Gambia: Former spy chief and four others sentenced to death

A former intelligence chief, Yankuba Badjie, and four other security agents have been sentenced to death by a local court. The local court judge sentenced...

Ghana confirms two suspected cases of Marburg virus

Ghanaian health officials have confirmed that two suspected cases of Marburg virus have been recorded in the country. Samples on these two cases though have...

Kenya freezes Nigerian tech firm’s bank accounts over fraud allegations

Kenya has frozen bank accounts run by a Nigerian online payments' company on the orders of a court. The Kenyan court ordered the freeze over allegations...

Gunmen attack convoy of Nigeria’s President Buhari

A convoy of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's team has been attacked by gunmen in Katsina, his home state in the north. The convoy had gone...

Nigerian police probes heroin in baby food

Police in Nigeria have intercepted packs of baby food laced with heroin. The baby food items were intercepted at the main airport in Lagos. Three...

ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali and Burkina Faso

West African leaders have announced the lifting of economic sanctions on Mali amid progress by the coup leaders there to transition into civilian rule. At...

Nigeria: Police free dozens camped in church for ‘second coming’ of Christ

At least 77 people have been freed by Police in Nigeria in a church after they were discovered to have been camped there, awaiting...

ECOWAS leaders hold summit in Accra to review developments in the sub-region

ECOWAS leaders have gathered in Ghana's capital, Accra where they are meeting for the 61st ordinary session of the authority of heads of state...

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