West Africa

Emirates airline will resume some flights to Nigeria this month after the Central Bank of Nigeria released a portion funds the Dubai airline had earned in the country but had not been able to repatriate, Reuters agency reported. An airline spokesperson said flights to Lagos will resume from Sept. 11, …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR who died at the age of 91. They both hailed Gorbachev’s contribution to achieve peace in the world and efforts in trying to implement political reforms after the …

An amulet called “Odeshi”, meaning “impenetrable”, in the Nigerian Igbo language, allows to escape attacks or simply protect yourself against bullets. Let’s discover it! Odeshi is a power bestowed on those who wear amulet or drink a herbal preparation made by traditional healers. This ritual aims to make them invulnerable …

Two brothers inflicted cutlass wounds on Ibrahim Indago, a farmer at Atta Ne Atta in the Asante Akyem South Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Adomonlive website reported. According to the website quoting Mr Indago, the two brothers assaulted the farmer following a misunderstanding about a goat. He revealed he was …

More than 700 Burkina Faso imams come together to condemn religious and ethnic intolerance in the country following a series of violent social media posts inciting “ethnic” Burkinabè to attack members of the Fulani community . At a meeting of clerics in the capital, Ouagadougou, the head of the Federation …

A man was killed by a lion in the zoo of Accra, Ghana’s capital, after having entered the enclosure of the felines, the government agency in charge of the protection of wild animals said on Monday. “Around noon today, Accra Zoo authorities on routine patrol spotted a middle-aged man who …

The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) visited the 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in Bamako on July 10 and was able to observe the state in which they are being held. For the past two weeks, the 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in Bamako, Mali, have been held in custody. Charged with …

Burkina Faso has just inaugurated its first generic drug manufacturing plant called “Propharm”, a project that cost 15 billion CFA francs. According to French media RFI, this is an entirely private initiative, financed by Burkinabe and sub-regional capital. The initiative for this government-backed project came from a group of professional …

The announcement of the Nigerian authorities’ decision to close 53 radio and television stations caused a general outcry in the country’s media world. According to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), these media outlets are illegal. Because, it maintains, “they have not renewed their license in time, and has given them …

Four nuns kidnapped on Sunday, in southeastern Nigeria, were released by gunmen on Wednesday, according to the police. Sisters Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu of the Congregation of Jesus the Savior in Nigeria were reportedly abducted on the morning of August 21, 2022 on their way …