West Africa

Nigerian singer and actress Onyeka Onwenu, considered a cultural icon, died on Tuesday at the age of 72, local media reported. Onwenu’s career spanned music, film, journalism and politics. Dubbed “the elegant stallion” in a media profile – a label that stuck, Onwenu came to prominence in the early 1980s …

Rebels linked to the Islamist group al-Qaeda have announced that they have killed dozens of soldiers, including at least 50 Russian mercenaries and 10 Malian soldiers, local media reported. It comes after they were attacked in an ambush in Mali’s northern Kidal region near the border with Algeria on Saturday, …

Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said on Monday that its fighters and Malian soldiers took losses in heavy fighting against Tuareg rebels near Mali’s border with Algeria, Reuters agency reported. In a rare statement, the group said its forces had fought alongside Mali soldiers from July 22-27 and that Wagner fighters …

The Nigerian government could temporarily suspend the 10 naira ($0.006) tax currently levied on every liter of sweetened beverage produced and imported into the country, Finance Minister Wale Edun announced on July 17. The decision is part of a six-month economic stabilization plan. “The temporary suspension of the tax on …

Gunmen have killed 26 people in an attack on a village in central Mali’s insurgent-hit Mopti region on Sunday, a local official said on Monday. The attack targeted a village in the Circle of Bankass, one of several areas in Mali’s north and centre where jihadist groups linked to al …

The day of July 26 is now an official “holiday” in Niger to commemorate every year the arrival of the military to power through a coup d’état on this date in 2023, the Nigerien government announced on Monday. “Brigadier General Abdourahamane Tiani, head of the military regime, signed today an …

A 35-year-old man has been arrested foor fatally stabbing his girlfriend’s elder brother over a borrowed phone in the Ogun State, Nigeria. The suspect has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command after the incident has been reported. According to reports,“the suspect stabbed his lover’s elder brother with bottles …

A Junior High School student has died during the Wulensi Fire Festival in the Nunumba South District of the Northern Region, Ghana. The deceased died instantly after a musket he attempted to fire exploded, reports stated. According to reports, “the incident occurred when the student fired the musket into a …

A 38-year-old mason has hanged himself after an evening praise and prayer session in his room at Ajumako Entumbil in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region, Ghana. According to reports, ” he was heard in his room singing songs of praise and later went into a time …

A 17-year-old student was fatally stabbed while trying to break up a fight between two lovers in the Atwima Kwanwoma district of Ghana’s Ashanti region. The victim was resting in his room on the night when he was awakened by a heated argument between a couple in the same house. …