West Africa

The United States on Thursday ordered the departure of non-essential diplomatic personnel and their families from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, because of the “increased risk of terrorist attacks”, according to a State Department statement. On Tuesday, Washington had already authorized these people to leave the city if they wished. Several Western …

A majority of the NPP’s members of parliament in Ghana have suspended demands that finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta be sacked from from the government. The lawmakers said they suspend the request until a support package is negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) said …

An alarm was raised in the National Hospital, Abuja, seeking to locate the relatives of a yet-to-be-identified man currently receiving treatment at the facility since he was brought September 25,2022, Nigeria. In a post on its Twitter account, National Hospital Abuja called on people who know the man to come …

Armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State organization have massacred hundreds of villagers since the start of the year in northeastern Mali in an apparently systematic way, and the authorities are not doing enough to protect civilians, warns Human Rights Watch (HRW) this Thursday. Tens of thousands of villagers have …

A family tackles police in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria over the missing organs of their newborn baby in hospital as they accuse the State Police Command of compromising the case. The baby was brought to the hospital, but died after being on oxygen. The family said when they came to …

At least three people have died and several others injured after a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle slammed into a market fence in Alapere in the Ketu region of Lagos State, Nigeria. The incident happened around 7 a.m. due to brake failure. The driver reportedly lost control and rammed into …

A publication on TikTok of a video of a seller of whitening products for babies caused a big controversy in Ivory Coast. Banned by a law dating back to 2015, skin whitening products are nevertheless selling like hotcakes in Ivory Coast. The Tiktoker in question praises the benefits of her …

A burglar has been sentenced to 21 years in prison by the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, for stealing rice in Nigeria. The complainant said, “my shop was burgled twice, my foodstuffs and soup ingredients, including rice, semovita, wheat and tomato paste, among others, which I was selling, …

A 22-year-old man is battling for his life at the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Twifo Atimorkwa District of the Central Region as he was electrocuted by a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The incident occurred at about 6:00 am on Monday at the Twifo …

A 31-year-old father, who allegedly assaulted his eight-week-old baby for disturbing his sleep has been arrested in Nigeria’s Imo state. The mother of the baby disclosed that she left him with his father, to use the convenience, when the incident happened. She overheard her baby crying uncontrollably and had to …