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Ivory Coast: Opposition calls for protests against President Ouattara

Ivory Coast's main opposition is piling pressure on President Alassane Ouattara ahead of next month's presidential elections. The country's main opposition presidential candidate, Henri Konan...

Six young Ghanaian footballers die in car accident

At least six young footballers have died in a car accident in Ghana, according to the football association. The incident occurred at Offinso in the...

Ghana intercepts cocaine worth $10 million in imported rice

Officials of Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission and the National Security have intercepted a 40-footer container of imported rice and sugar containing a 100-kilogram substance...

AU calls on Mali’s military junta to appoint civilian leaders

The African Union (AU) has said that Mali's military junta must quickly appoint civilian leaders who should then manage an 18-month transition towards elections. The...

Former IAAF head Lamine Diack found guilty of corruption and jailed

Lamine Diack, the ex-head of athletics' governing body, has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption. The Senegalese, 87, faced corruption and money-laundering charges...

Gambia: Yahya Jammeh’s wife Zineb hit with US sanctions

The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday announced that sanctions have been imposed on Zineb Jammeh, the wife of Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh. In a statement...

Ecowas leaders fail to reach agreement with Mali junta

West African leaders have been unable to reach an agreement with military leaders of Mali who carried out a coup last month to topple...

Ecowas leaders hold summit on Mali’s political crisis

West African leaders are holding a meeting in Ghana's capital, Accra as they try to find a resolution to the current political crisis in...

Nigerian porn star arrested ‘for filming’ at sacred ground

A filmmaker has been arrested for allegedly recording a pornographic movie at the Osun Osogbo scared grove in western Nigeria, police say. The sacred forest,...

Ghana: Husbands risk going to jail for not eating wives’ food

Ghanaian husbands who refuse to eat food prepared by their wives risk going to jail for up to two years. Those men could also be...

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