West Africa

In a statement, the Nigerien army said it has killed 100 jihadists in an operation in a south-western region near the Burkina Faso border. The operation held in the Torodi area and followed an attack that killed 19 security officers on a resupply mission on 31 July. Another team that …

Health ministry in Ivory Coast announced that the first person to be tested positive for Ebola virus since 1994 has now recovered. It was about a woman, 18 years old who travelled from Guinea to Abidjan by bus two weeks ago and then tested positive for the ebola disease. Ivory …

Ghanaian police announced plans to carry out a mass burial for 200 unidentified and unclaimed bodies. The burial will begin “by close of work this week” according to the statement released on Monday. Bodies to be buried are corpses that have accumulated over the past six months, including those of …

The former head of the Guinean-Bissau army will not be handed over to the United States where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking offenses. The announcement was made by Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. Last week, the US authorities announced a $5m bounty for information leading to the arrest …

An attack on Nigeria’s top military academy left at least two people dead and another abducted, said the Nigerian army in a statement. An army spokesman said unknown gunmen broke into the campus in the northern city of Kaduna in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Nigerian Defence Academy …

Professor Moustafa MIJIYAWA Minister in charge of health-Togo, is elected president of the 71st session of the WHO regional committee. He will be assisted by his colleagues from Botswana and Sao Tome and in principle as vice-chairmen. The WHO Regional Committee for Africa is the Organization’s decision-making body for health …

Several media in Nigeria are reporting that Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, the country’s former first lady, has died at the age of 97. Her family has not officially confirmed her death. She is the widow of Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, who seized power after a military coup in Nigeria in 1966. He ruled …

Fifteen students in north-western Nigeria, have been released seven weeks after they were kidnapped from their school by armed men, officials say. A total of 121 one students were seized from Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State. “65 remain in captivity and we are trying to secure their release”, …

After the video went viral, Reverend Father Baltharzzar Obeng Larbi, the priest who was seen kissing three female students duriing church service, admitted his behavior was bad and prayed for forgiveness. Rev. Baltharzzar who has kissed three students of the St Monica ‘s College in Manpong, in the Ashanti region, …

Eleven soldiers in Mali have been killed during an ambush on a convoy in the central Mopti region, the military says. A statement said nine other soldiers were seriously injured when a car bomb was detonated and the convoy was then targeted with heavy gunfire. A Malian officer described the …