West Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) is procuring thousands of monkeypox tests for Africa and working to ensure Africa has equitable access to vaccines when needed, the WHO director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti. Dr Moeti said eight countries in Africa including Nigeria, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo where it is …

A Nigerian sex worker who plied her trade in Lagos has been killed and burnt after rendering her services to a customer who later found a Quran under her pillow, Pulse.ng reported. According to website, the sex worker charged the customer N1,000 for the sexual service but realized later that …

At least 35 teenagers have been rescued from a so-called ‘baby factory’ where women and girls are kept to give birth to babies for sale in Nigeria. Authorities said four of the girls in the building in the south-eastern state of Anambra were already pregnant. Police spokesperson Torchukwu Ikenga is …

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) promoted two officers for their position in effecting the arrest of one of their co-workers carrying suspected Indian hemp. The two police officers identified as Azumah Komla Justice and Felix Diameh arrested their colleague Lotsu Agbeko. The police in a statement said “The above police …

A member of Guinea’s military police has been charged with murder after a student was shot dead earlier this month during a protest about the rising fuel price, the AFP news agency reports, quoting a statement from the public prosecutor. Four other police officers in connection with the alleged crime …

Military government in Burkina Faso announced three days of national mourning from Tuesday following the death of at least 100 civilians over the weekend in the north of the country. The leader of the transition, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, issued a decree on Monday evening to observe mourning throughout the country. …

Armed men killed at least 100 civilians in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso close to the border with Niger over the weekend, Reuters agency citing security source. According to the soucrces, the attackers targeted men but appeared to spare women and children in Seytenga district on Saturday night. …

A military truck heading towards Bawku from Bolgatanga ran through some residents of Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, Saturday evening leaving one dead and others with life-threatening injuries, local media reported. Senyalah Castro, a local journalist said the military truck was “going at top …

Gunmen abducted at least 29 people in Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria as they were returning home from a wedding ceremony, local media reported, citing the police. The victims were mostly mobile phone dealers from a popular market in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital – who had attended the wedding …

At least 32 people died in the Kajura area of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria on Sunday, after an attack by gunmen locally known as bandits, authorities said on Thursday. The armed men on motorcycles set fire to houses in several villages in the area, authorities said. “The attackers moved …