West Africa

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has announced the appointment of Pap Ndiaye, a Franco-Senegalese historian, as Minister of National Education and Youth. Previously, director of the Museum of the History of Immigration, the Franco-Senegalese historian was entrusted with the portfolio of National Education and Youth. This appointment has aroused some …

The Accra Regional Overseer of Resurrection Power and Living Bread Ministries, Bishop Yaw Owusu-Ansah, claimed that it is unbiblical for a woman to adopt her husband’s surname after marriage. Bishop Owusu-Ansah made the controversial statement while speaking on Accra-based Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Friday, May 20. “I believe …

Nigerian police launched an investigation into the beheading of a local MP in the southeastern state of Anambra a week after gunmen abducted him and an aide. The discovery of Okechukwu Okoye‘s mutilated body over the weekend has sparked outrage. Anambra’s state governor Charles Soludo described the killing as gruesome, …

Senegalese President Macky Sall has announced his upcoming trip to Russia and Ukraine in his capacity as the current chairman of the African Union. Mr Sall said on Sunday that he had received the mandate of other AU heads of state to make the trips. In a joint conference with …

Hussein Botchway, a physiotherapist at Korle-Bu Hospital in Ghana warned of the risks of having sex while standing, saying it can lead to stroke. According to the physiotherapist, sex is meant to be enjoyed and people bring all sorts of creativity into the act, but “we have to be aware …

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo hailed the massive industrialization drive launched by his government since coming to power and said no other government has done it before them. According to President Akufo-Addo, the achievements the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has chalked in industrialization cannot be matched by any government in …

Nigerian police have arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping of more than 130 students in Kaduna State. Security forces launched a nationwide crackdown on criminal gangs after the kidnapping of students from a private university and a secondary school in Kaduna state last year. All hostages were released …

Authorities in Nigeria suspended indefinitely the country’s accountant-general, Ahmed Idriss after he was arrested by anti-corruption investigators over fraud charges. According to authorities, Mr Idris’s suspension was meant to allow proper investigation of the claims. “He is accused of being linked to fraud, money laundering and diverting nearly $200m from …

A Court in Tamale has sentenced a 34-year old mathematics teacher at Sawla Senior High School in the Savannah Region, Ernest Ocloo, to 15 years of imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping one of his students. The sexual assault occurred in 2019, and the case had since been on …

Nigerian authorities asked Facebook and other platforms to reduce hate speech on their sites, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Tuesday. The minister’s comments came after meeting with Facebook’s team in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. According to Mr Mohamed, Facebook had done nothing to curtail the activities of separatist group Indigenous …