The Human Rights Commission in Ethiopia has expressed worries over violence in the western part of the country. The group said on Thursday it was “deeply…
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Nigeria has announced five new deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the death toll in Africa’s most populous nation to 1,088. In the announcement made…
Guinea-Bissau has arrested and detained its migration agency boss, Col. Alassana Diallo, over his alleged involvement in cocaine trafficking. The Police in the West African country…
No fewer than six civilians died after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Mali. Reports from the West African country said the incident happened on…
Nigeria has reported two new deaths from complication related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of fatalities to 1,078. The Nigeria Centre for Disease…
No fewer than 100 Senegalese soldiers have contracted the novel coronavirus. The soldiers, according to reports, were on a peacekeeping mission in The Gambia. The contingent…
Floods from heavy rainfall have killed no fewer than 13 people in Burkina Faso, prompting the government to declare a state of natural disaster. The minister…
Three Malian soldiers died in a militants’ attack on a military unit in the central part of the country, the army said in a statement on…
The first Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), Dr Olufemi Lalude, has been conferred with an integrity award for rejecting $6m bribe…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has empowered more than one million out-of-school children in North-East Nigeria to access quality education in a safe environment in…