West Africa

President Macky Sall has appointed Fatou Fall to the rank of general in the Senegalese army, Senegalese Defense Minister Sidiki Kaba announced. Fatou Fall thus becomes the first woman to obtain this rank. “The President of the Republic had to make 3 important appointments of generals, but the flagship appointment …

A 23-year-old commercial tricycle operator has lost his life as he was killed by members of a secret cult in Ilorin, Kwara State capital of Nigeria, reports said. The victim’s corpse was found dumped in front of a mosque in the Abayawo area of Ilorin. “The assailants cut off his …

Unknown gunmen have shot six people to death as they were gathered for the Eid-Al-Fitr celebration at Sakpere in Bawku the Municipality of the Upper East region, Ghana. Four of the victims died on the spot while two were reported dead on arrival at the Vineyard Hospital in Bawku. Though …

A 65-year-old man has shot a 24-year-old man over avocado pear fruit at Kwesi Larbi near Okorase in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The deceased went to the suspect’s house with a buddy at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2023, to pluck some pears,” according to …

A male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street,  in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State, Nigeria, reports said. The deceased, a regular meat hawker was hawking along the street when a woman called him to sell meat for her. “The deceased had …

A 50-year-old man has reported himself to the Suhum Police Station for shooting a staff of Qnet for picking his mangoes at Kwasi Larbi in the Eastern Region, Ghana. The suspect who has been wild in the area and has been accused of chasing children for picking his mangoes from his …

A farm laborer has butchered his farm owner in a bush at Mawaninnha in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The 53-year-old woman farmer and a trader hired the laborer to take care of her cocoa farm in the area. “The suspect hit the owner of the …

A 36-year-old lawyer was arrested for killing her husband, a 41-year-old attorney, after he discovered that their servant was his wife’s biological son in Ghana. “The late Barrister did not know that the boy who has been living with him in his house for years, was his wife’s son,” according …

Suspected cultists have killed a 24-year-old man in Igode, Ogijo, the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased, a native of Benue State, was shot dead at about 8 p.m.“ “The deceased was outside their house at Fakile in the Igode community, when the assailants …

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for chaining and locking his two children in solitary confinement which led to their death in Ibiade, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. “The suspect, father of three accused his children of stealing,” reports said. “He chained and locked the children …