West Africa

Opposition parties in Guinea rejected the 39-month democratic transition timetable proposed by the ruling military junta, they said in a statement on Wednesday. Guinean military leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya told state television that after political consultations he was considering a 39-month transition. Three main opposition parties and over 60 of …

A High Court in the northern Nigeria has sentenced a 19-year-old man to death for the kidnapping for ransom and killing of his five-year-old nephew in 2019. Ibrahim Khalil allegedly kidnapped his sister’s son, Ado, and used a sellotape to cover his nose and mouth before burying him in a …

A terrorist group carried out an attack in Togo against a military checkpoint in Koundjoaré in Kpendjal prefecture, near Burkina Faso border, killing eight soldiers and injuring many others, local media reported. Material damage are also recorded in the attack carried by terrorist elements on motorbikes. According to the radiomotaog …

The Islamic State group has published a video which it says shows the execution of 20 Christian civilians in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state. Speaking in the Hausa language, one of the masked militants who was brandishing a knife said it was to avenge the killing of the group’s leaders in …

At least seven soldiers were killed and two others missing in Nigeria after they were ambushed by gunmen while on patrol in the eastern state of Taraba, Reuters reported, citing two military sources. The attack occurred on Tuesday night when troops from the 93 Battalion came under heavy fire in …

In an interview with Ghanaian TV3 television, a sex worker said one does not become prostitute by chance, that it would be like a call from God, a vocation. “This task is only possible if God has called you,” she said. She said her dream was to become a marketer, …

Authorities in Ghana have suspended a search operation for the missing crew of a fishing vessel that sank off the country’s western coast. Stormy weather conditions and difficulty in hauling in a net full of fish are believed to have led the vessel to capsize, according to a fisheries official. …

Unidentified gunmen attacked the civil prison of Nouna, in the province of Kossi, Burkina Faso, killing one person and helping around 60 prisoners to escape, local media reported. According to the Burkina Information Agency (AIB), a service vehicle, two staff motorcycles and a sum of money were taken away by …

A search operation is under way for 11 people who are missing following the sinking of a fishing vessel off Ghana’s coast. Rescuers have so far been able to retrieve the body of the captain, one of six Chinese nationals on board. The incident reportedly occurred after the crew had …

Lawyers defending Malian Islamist suspect Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz for his role as police chief in Timbuktu in 2012 told judges at the International Criminal Court that he was the “wrong man”, the BBC reported. “He should not be convicted because he happened to be in the wrong place at …