West Africa

The body of a 38-year-old Okada driver was recovered after drowning while helping travelers cross the swollen Bia River at Dadieso, in the Suaman district of Ghana’s North West region. The tragic incident occurred on Thursday morning after days of heavy rainfall caused the Bia River to overflow, rendering the …

Four travellers were killed and 10 others injured following a bomb explosion at Komala village along the Maiduguri–Damboa Road in Borno State, Nigeria. The incident involved a Suzuki pick-up truck that ran over an improvised explosive device Borno State Police Command’s spokesperson, ASP Nahum Daso, said the injured victims had …

Two people were shot dead and several others injured on Wednesday as fresh protests erupted in Nairobi and across major Kenyan cities, marking the anniversary of last year’s deadly anti-tax demonstrations that left over 60 people dead. Protesters clashed with police who fired tear gas and live rounds to disperse …

One person has tragically died and another is being treated after a residential building collapsed on them in Ayidan Amissah Ekyir, in the metropolis of Cape Coast, in Ghana’s Central Region. The incident occurred at dawn on Tuesday, June 25, 2025, just days after a similar collapse on Saturday, June …

The Head of State of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, takes over the rotating presidency of the Economic Community of West African States following a vote organized during the 67th summit of Heads of State heldin Abuja, Nigeria. For one year, he will have the onerous task of leading the …

A man believed to be in his 30s was found with his head completely crushed in the Savannah Region, Ghana, according to reports. Tension has gripped the town of Buipe in the Savannah Region following the discovery of the man’s lifeless body along the Buipe-Kintampo highway. Residents who came across …

A teenage girl was found dead in a stream in Tomefa, Ga South municipality, after leaving school to visit her grandmother in Agbozome, Ghana. The deceased has been identified asa student of Keta Business Senior High School (SHS). She went to Kasoa to visit her boyfriend instead of her grandmother …

A commercial motorbike rider has narrowly survived a vicious machete attack believed to have been aimed at ending his life in the Boinso community of the Western North Region, Ghana. The incident occurred on the night of Thursday as the victim was returning home from work. According to eyewitness, the …

At least thirty-four Niger soldiers were killed and fourteen wounded in an attack on an army position in the Banibangou locality near the Malian border. “This day, Thursday June 19, 2025, at around 9 a.m., the locality of Banibangou was the object of a cowardly and barbaric attack perpetrated by …

More than 700 people are still missing in the community of Mokwa, in Niger State, north-central Nigeria, following deadly floods. The state governor, Umaru Bago, said, “at least 207 people had lost their lives in the floods”. On May 29, the Mokwa region a strategic commercial crossroads between the merchant …