Africa

Chad’s interim Prime Minister Succès Masra has filed a petition at the Constitutional Council challenging the preliminary results of last week’s presidential election. According to the results, General Mahamat Idriss Déby won 61.3% of the votes, while Succes Masra, received 18.53%. “With the help of our lawyers, today we submitted …

Five students from Apam Senior High School have been arrested for assaulting their classmates during a fight in the Gomoa West district of Ghana’s Central Region. “They are being held for allegedly assaulting their classmates during a fight on campus,” according to reports. According to reports, “one of the victims …

The Rwandan government has denied allegations that it armed a rebel group that carried out a grenade attack on Burundi’s economic hub Bujumbura. “At least 38 people were injured in Friday’s attack. These terrorists were recruited, trained and even equipped with weapons in Rwanda and by Rwanda,” Pierre Nkurikiye, the …

A panel in Mali has recommended extending the military transition to democracy by three years and allowing junta leader Assimi Goïta to run in possible elections. National consultations lasting several months, boycotted by many members of the opposition, resulted on Friday in a series of recommendations, including the extension of …

Police arrested three men who camped out with three teenage girls for weeks while the suspects engaged in an orgy with them at Bossman, a suburb of Obuasi, Ghana. “The students were reported missing on April 24, 2024,” according to reports. On May 8, 2024, the mother of one of …

Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday proposed significantly toughening penalties for drug trafficking, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence through a law amendment. The amendment, which is not yet law, replaces life imprisonment, which was previously the harshest punishment. It was tabled on Thursday by Senator Mohammed Monguno on behalf …

22 people died after consuming a stolen pregnant goats at Akyem Osenase community in the Eastern Region, Ghana. According to reports, “deaths have been reported within a month after the deceased allegedly consumed stolen pregnant goats.” “The suspects sold the stolen goats to a drinking bar operator who prepared pepper …

The Nigerian Senate has proposed tougher penalties for drug trafficking, suggesting the death penalty as a new maximum sentence. This would replace life imprisonment, which until now has been the most severe penalty. Nigeria has gone from being a transit point to a major producer, consumer and distributor of illicit …

A B737/300 airliner chartered by Air Sénégal missed its takeoff at 01:00 on Thursday morning, injuring 11 people, including 4 seriously, according to reports. The incident occurred at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Diass, some 40 km from the capital Dakar, when the aircraft overshot its runway and came to …

Chad’s electoral commission has declared interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby the winner of the presidential election. According to the results, Gen Déby won 61.3% of the vote, while his closest rival, Prime Minister Succes Masra, won 18.53%. Mr Masra had earlier declared that he had won a “resounding victory” in …