West Africa

Ghanaian authorities in Ghana have shut down Maxam Mining Company Limited – the company responsible for manufacturing, storing, and transporting explosive materials for mining operations in the country, after a deadly explosion last week. Ghana’s Chief Inspector of Mines has also been suspended. Investigations are under way, the authorities say, …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the coup in Burkina Faso and said it holds the military responsible for the physical integrity of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré who is in detention. The regional bloc says it condemns this extremely serious act which cannot be accepted …

Cars belonging to the presidency Burkina Faso have been found riddled with bullet holes near the home of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in the capital Ouagadougou. Mr. Kaboré was detained by mutinous soldiers who also reportedly took control of state television in the capital, Ouagadougou. Some troops in the …

Security forces in Burkina Faso have taken control of state television in the capital Ouagadougou as part of the coup that is believed to be underway, according to several sources. Reports say the military surrounded state television and there was no live programming on Monday morning, although it remained on …

The president of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has been detained at a military camp in what can be called a coup, the Reuters reports. According to the news agency citing two security sources and a West African diplomat, president Kaboré had been detained by mutinying soldiers. Shots were …

At least 13 people were killed and many others injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana detonated, flattening a rural community, the police said on Friday. Smouldering timber and torn-up sheet metal marked where hundreds of houses had stood in Apiate, a settlement about …

A stampede at a church gathering in the Liberian capital Monrovia killed 29 people overnight, the deputy information minister told state radio on Thursday. The incident occurred during an all-night Christian worship event at New Kru Town, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital, Jalawah Tonpo said. “The doctors …

Gambian President Adama Barrow was sworn in for a second term on Wednesday in the presence of many personalities from the sub-region. He pledged to work to jumpstart the economy and ensure broad-based development gains, as he is starting his second term. Adama Barrow, 56, came to power in 2017 …

Four French soldiers from the Operation Barkhane taskforce were injured in an explosion in Burkina Faso, French media including Le Monde, Le Figaro and Agence France Presse reported. Their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED). The four soliders – one of whom was seriously wounded – have …

Authorities in Ghana have denied an information that the country is planning to host asylum seekers from the United Kingdom, as reported by several British media. Several British media had reported that the UK was drawing up plans to send thousands of asylum seekers to countries “such as Ghana and …