West Africa

Backed by the Nigerien army, Burkina Faso’s security forces announced that they had succeeded in eliminating 100 Islamist militants in two weeks of operations, BBC News reported. On Thursday, at least 13 members of a civilian militia fighting the jihadists were killed in the north of the country. The volunteer …

The government of Ghana has announced that all visitors must be fully vaccinated against covid-19 from midnight Sunday before being allowed to enter the country. In a statement, the government said Ghanaians who intend to return to the country within the next fortnight are exempt, but will be vaccinated upon …

At least 16 worshippers have been killed and many others wounded by gunmen in a mosque in the Nigerian Niger state, local media have reported. Niger state government official, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane told the BBC that the attackers opened fire on the Muslim worshippers during early morning prayers on Wednesday. …

The governor of Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria has banned food distributions to tens of thousands of people displaced by Islamist extremists, BBC News has reported. Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum told aid agencies that they would not be allowed to distribute food or other items to people who, …

Burkinabè President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has, by decree, dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré from his functions and dissolved the government. “The prime minister’s functions are over, the government is dissolved,” a presidential decree said. The West African country has been plagued since 2015 by recurrent jihadist attacks …

The Nigerian government has announced that a million of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the country expired last month and said they had been withdrawn before then and will be destroyed. The government said in the statement that it “now politely declines all vaccine donations with short shelf life or …

Seven UN peacekeepers were killed and three others injured in an explosion in Mali on Wednesday, the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said. They had been travelling in a logistics convoy in central Mali when it was targeted by an Improvised Explosive Device, or IED. Read also: Ethiopia: PM …

At least 21 passengers, including children, were burned alive when their bus on its way to the town of Isa was ambushed by gunmen in Sokoto state, northwestern Nigeria, police say . The attack happened late on Monday but details are just emerging due to poor communication services in the …

Police in Nigeria say they are investigating the death of eight children, boys and girls found dead in an abandoned car in the country’s biggest city, Lagos, BBC News reported. The bodies of the children, aged between four and six years, had been taken to a mortuary and an autopsy …

At least 12 Nigerien soldiers have been killed in a clash between them and jihadists in the southwest of the country, a government official announced on Sunday. The official said dozens of militants had also been killed. Read also: Gambia: Adama Barrow declared winner for a second term Militants linked …