West Africa

Ten soldiers were killed and seven others injured in a terrorist attack near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso, the army confirmed. The attack occurred Tuesday, December 10, 2024 in the village of Petel Kole, where hundreds of militants on motorcycles targeted a military position. The army reported that 26 attackers …

A man has been sentenced too 10 years imprisonment for indecent treatment and sexual assault of a minor by rubbing her anus and caressing her breasts with his hands in Lagos, Nigeria. Justice Rahman Oshodi who handed down the verdict convicted the suspect of two amended counts preferred against him …

A 56-year-old farmer has died following an attack by a swarm of bees at Nkwasiatan, a farming community in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. According to reports, “the deceased had gone to his farmland on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 but did not return after several hours”. …

A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for posing as a fake lesbian on Tiktok to extort money from Internet users in Benin. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment and a fine of one million FCFA. According to reports, the accused lured his victims to the …

A man has been arrested by the police for beating his wife to death in the Ipaja area of the state, Lagos, Nigeria. “The victim had suffered domestic violence from her husband on several occasions before she eventually succumbed to death,” according to reports. According to the victim’s brother, he …

The Nigerian Police Force, Kebbi State Command has rescued 36 victims of kidnappers in the Wasagu Local Government Area of the state. On December 8, 2024, gunmen in their large numbers barricaded and kidnapped 36 people who were coming back from their respective farms, the spokesman of the command, SP …

A trigger-happy policeman allegedly shot dead a 17-year-old in Ozoro community, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria. The incident occurred when police officers stormed the neighborhood after finding firecrackers in the victim’s possession. According to reports,“efforts by the security operatives to arrest the boy were resisted and while …

At least twenty-one Niger civilians were killed in an attack near the Burkina Faso border, the Niger army announced. “On Thursday, December 5, 2024, a public transport vehicle, linking Téra to Bankilaré, was intercepted by armed bandits on motorcycles,” said the Nigerien armed forces (FAN). “These lawless criminals savagely murdered …

Ghana’s former president, John Dramani Mahama, made his political comeback by winning the presidential election after his rival, vice-president and ruling party candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat on Sunday. Ahead of the official announcement, Bawumia addressed a press conference from his residence. “I’ve just called His Excellency John Mahama to …

Four people have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service following a shooting incident at the Iron City offices in the Awutu Senya East constituency, Kasoa, in the Central Region of Ghana. “The incident resulted in the death of one person and left another injured,” according to reports. The four …