West Africa

A German court has fined German defender of Olympique Lyonnais Jerome Boateng 1.2 million euros for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. The former international and World Cup winner was found guilty of assault, battery, and insult at his appeal trial in Munich. He had initially been fined €1.8 million at his first …

Nigerian police announced the arrest of seven men for assaulting and torturing a 40-year-old woman in the south-eastern state of Enugu. “The men raided the woman’s home after accusing her of entering a “sacred forest” to hunt and harvest snails,” a legal aid campaigner told police in a complaint. At …

General elections are scheduled for November 20 in Equatorial Guinea and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo launched his candidacy for a sixth term on Thursday. Mr Obiang, 80, ruled the West African country for 43 years. He seized power in 1979 from President Francisco Macias Nguema, who was the leader …

A 23-year-old mother, resident of Nkroful in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, attempted to kill her two children and herself, arguing that she was fed up with life. The woman locked herself and her two children in her room and decided to kill the children and herself later. She covered her six …

An investigation is underway to establish the cause of a fire that engulfed the girls’ dormitory at Sawla High School (SHS) in Savannah Region, Ghana. The timely intervention of the Sawla Fire Command prevented the fire which could have ruined the entire dormitory from wreaking more havoc. The tactical firefighters …

Three men were arrested by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, in collaboration with vigilantes, for raping a 13-year-old girl over father’s sin in Nigeria’s Anambra state. Four suspects are involved in the incident. While three of them were arrested, the fourth escaped when security guards invaded …

Nigerian police say they have found the bodies of 10 young men abandoned “along a bush path” in the southern state of Edo. In a statement, police spokesperson Chidi Nwabuzor said the bodies had “no noticeable mark of violence” and nearby communities could not identify them. They were found at …

Nigeria’s Police Service said it detained two people and released six others who worked at popstar Davido’s home, following the death of his son. Following the tragic death of the singer’s three-year-old son, eight domestic staff of Davido have been arrested. The singer’s son, Ifeanyi Adeleke reportedly drowned in a …

A six-year-old boy has been killed and dumped behind Fetteh kakraba Sapoto in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The lifeless body was discovered and this brings to five, the number of persons killed in the area within a month,” assembly member for Buduburam- Fetteh Kakraba Electoral …

Police in north-west Nigeria say a criminal gang has kidnapped 21 people, including teenagers – who were working on a farm. Other reports say many more were seized. A police spokesman said dozens of gunmen on motorcycles stormed the farm in Katsina State’s Faskari district on Sunday while the workers …