West Africa

The late Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who died of cancer in Germany last week, was buried in the west of the country next to his father’s grave. The private ceremony took place at the family farm about 6km (nearly four miles) from the western town of Séguéla. Beforehand the …

Niger is starting three days of national mourning after 58 people were killed by gunmen in two separate attacks near the border with Mali. Residents of the Western Tillaberi region said suspected militants targeted vehicles carrying traders returning from local markets on Monday. It’s not clear who carried out the …

Ten days after a series of explosions left more than 100 people dead in Equatorial Guinea, hospitals are still overwhelmed by the number of people injured. Aid agencies offering help to the country say some of the affected by the blast have not been able to seek treatment earlier as …

A mass funeral has been held for 13 teenagers whose bodies were found off the coast of Ghana just over a week ago. Twenty teenagers are believed never to have returned after going swimming off Apam beach in southern Ghana. Seven bodies have not been found. Twelve out of the …

Two Malian soldiers have been killed in an attack in a north-eastern region, AFP news agency quotes the army as saying. AFP added that the army statement said the assailants stormed a military post south-west of the town of Ansongo, near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger, in an …

Human Rights Watch has called for a criminal investigation into the role of the former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, in the killing of dozens of migrants in 2005, BBC News reports. Recent testimony at the country’s truth commission implicated him in the summary execution of 59 people from …

As the Gambia launches nationwide coronavirus vaccinations, President Adama Barrow has taken the lead in being the first to receive his jab. The Gambia, with its population of 2.1 million people, has received 36,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine under the Covax programme. Read also: Covid-19: a second wave and …

A freelance journalist based in Guinea Bissau suffered extreme physical harm when he was attacked and his tongue cut out by unknown people on Tuesday. António Aly Silva accused the element of power to be behind his kidnapping and aggression on Tuesday night. Antonio has maintained that he will continue …

While celebrities are used to investing their wealth in luxury cars, overpriced items and other follies, Ivorian singer Safarel Obiang spends his money differently. “I’m not the club party type, I don’t drink, I don’t smoke. Spending a fortune on luxury cars is not my thing, ” Safarel told Vibe …

Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko is no longer. He died on Wednesday March 10, 2021, after two weeks of hospitalization abroad, according to LSi Africa. Emergency evacuated in France on February 18, 2021 for medical examinations, then transferred to Germany this week to continue his medical treatment, the Ivorian prime …