West Africa

Pope Francis announced the promotion of Peter Okpaleke and Richard Kuuia Baawobr, two African clergymen to the rank of cardinals in the Catholic Church. It means that they will rank among the highest officials in the institution. Bishop Peter Okpaleke is from Ekwulobia in south-east Nigeria and Bishop Richard Kuuia …

The leader of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu Echu, was abducted in the southeastern Abia State on Sunday, police confirmed. The priest was abducted alongside two other clerics. Abia state police said a manhunt had been organized to rescue the priests. In Nigeria, the Methodist Church …

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday said the country has recorded six monkeypox cases in May from four states. The Centre says that from 1st January to 29th May, 2022, the country has reported 66 suspected cases of monkeypox. Of the suspected cases, according to the centre, 21 …

Blacklisted by ECOWAS, Mali is struggling to find cash to honor its contracts with the private Russian company Wagner, several sources said. Some indiscretions said the Malian government must pay 10 million dollars per month to the Wagner group. The government has thus requested several loans from various institutions in …

A court in Koforidua, eastern Ghana, convicted and sentenced two armed robbers, aged 47 and 38, to 30 years each in prison with hard labour. According to adomonline.com, the convicts attacked and robbed a resident of Klo-Agogo, in the amount of 4,500.00 GHC. The bandits also attacked and robbed a …

Nigeria’s police cyber-crime unit has arrested a 37-year-old Nigerian man alleged to be the head of a transnational cyber-crime syndicate. The syndicate launched mass phishing campaigns and business email compromise schemes targeting companies and individual victims, according to a statement by Interpol. The suspect was arrested at Murtala Mohammed International …

Eleven newborn babies died in the fire at the hospital where they were in the town of Tivaouane, in western Senegal, the country’s president announced on Wednesday. President Macky Sall said he had “learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has denied claims that the country recorded the first case of monkeypox in its western region, following early reports suggesting it had. “Reports circulating on social media about a possible outbreak in the country are false,” the director of public health at the Ghana Health …

The Gambian government has announced the upcoming trial of former President Yahya Jammeh for what it called “the myriad crimes” he committed during his rule. The 57-year-old faces several charges, including corruption, serious human rights violations, murders, disappearances and imprisonment, targeting opponents and journalists. It follows a report by the …

Gunmen abducted two Catholic priests and two children in Katsina state, northern Nigeria, after shooting dead 12 farmers working in their fields, the BBC reported. A spokesperson for the Catholic Church, Father Chris Omotosho, told the BBC the gunmen broke into the priests’ residence in the village of Gidan Maikambu …