Africa

One person has been shot dead after robbers attacked passengers in a taxi and a motorbike from Nyumoase on the Atebubu-Yeji road in the Bono East Region, Ghana. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Kobre in the Pru East District. The armed robbers …

On April 28, King Mohammed VI granted an audience to diplomats from the three countries of the Alliance of Sahel States, as part of the Kingdom’s relations with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. The diplomatic climate between these three countries and Morocco has always been marked by sincere friendship, mutual …

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is losing members to the ruling APC, and 18 civil society figures published an open letter on April 27 accusing the Head of State of using fear and pressure. According to the signatories, these rallies to the All Progressives Congress (APC) …

Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has sacked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform following accusations of rape. Mac-Albert Hengari was then arrested in flagrante delicto while attempting to bribe the alleged victim with $230,000 in cash. According to the authorities, the young woman was 16 at the time …

At least 12 people from Nigeria’s Bokko Ghide community, including two vigilantes, were killed by Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday in Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno State, northeast Nigeria. Mohammed Timta, the Emir of Gwoza, the traditional and Islamic ruler of the area, confirmed the incident to Anadolu on Sunday …

The Katanga District Police Command, in the Krachi East municipality of the Oti region, has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of an adult shepherd in Ghana. The arrests were announced in a statement signed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), John Nchor, of the Public Affairs …

An attack by Islamic militants on military posts in northern Benin last week left at least 54 soldiers dead, the West African country’s government said. Authorities had previously said that only eight soldiers were killed on April 17. JNIM, an extremist group linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack …

A 34-year-old cab driver has been arrested for the alleged murder of his long-time girlfriend in Abuakwa, in Ghana’s Ashanti region. The suspect was arrested at his hideout in Namong, Offinso Municipality, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, three days after he went into hiding. He is alleged to have picked …

In the DRC, the opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Matata Ponyo, is facing a 20-year prison sentence for alleged embezzlement of nearly $200 million earmarked for the agri-food park project. This is the sentence requested against the man who was head of government between 2012 and 2016, on Wednesday …

A 23-year-old woman lost her life in a tragic fire in Aboduabo, in the municipality of Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai, in Ghana’s North-West Region. According to reports, “the nursing mother lost her life when a fire engulfed a makeshift kiosk where she sold bottled petrol.” According to an eyewitness, “the fire …