Nigeria’s Information Minister and Culture says 57 civilians, 37 policemen and six Soldiers were killed all over the country during the #EndSARS crisis. Alhaji Lai Mohammed…
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President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has denied allegations of interference made by former anti-corruption chief Martin Amidu, describing the accusations as “errors of fact”. The president,…
The Burkinabe army announced on Monday evening that it shot dead 12 terrorists in response to an ambush last Wednesday against a unit of the Tin-Akoff…
The Nigerian government has been accused of violating some agreements with the recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol,…
Amnesty International is asking the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to investigate the killing of dozens of people with rifles, guns and machetes since the presidential election.…
Ghana’s anti-corruption special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has resigned saying his mandate and efforts had been compromised. Mr Amidu’s appointment in 2018 by President Nana Akufo-Addo was…
Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of Ivory Coast’s opposition leader, Pascal Affi N’guessan, and others who were arrested days after the constitutional court…
The third Vice-President of the National Assembly of Togo, André Ablom Johnson, has died in Lomé at the age of 72, parliamentary sources said on Sunday.…
The remains of the former Malian president, Gen. Amadou Toumani Touré, arrived in Bamako on Saturday at 6 am local time from Istanbul, Turkey, official sources…
Tributes have been pouring in for Ghana’s former president, Jerry Rawlings, who died in Accra on Thursday morning, aged 73. African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki…