West Africa

Daniel Pondei, the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Nigeria, pretended to faint after being questioned over missing funds. The clip was posted on X (formerly Twitter) and shows the official being questioned before appearing to fall ill. According to local media, Daniel Pondei was …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is set to reappoint its former coach, Otto Addo, as head coach of the Black Stars. Otto Addo, 48, will leave German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, where he is a talent coach, at the end of the season. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) said on …

People in West and Central Africa are experiencing problems connecting to the internet with Ivory Coast being the worst-affected country, the monitoring group NetBlocks reports. It says that the companies operating the sub-sea cables linking the region to the internet are reporting multiple failures. But the exact cause of the …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced the lifting of all economic sanctions imposed on neighbouring Niger and ordered the immediate opening of borders with Niger. He also ordered the resumption of commercial flights and the supply of electricity to Niger. Niger’s exports to Nigeria, including livestock and onions, have declined …

Film star Idris Elba, who is leading the construction of a smart city in Sierra Leone, says he took on the project to change the stereotypical perception of Africa. Elba is building the eco-city on the rural Sherbro Island off the coast of West Africa along with Siaka Stevens, a …

Ghana’s main opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) has selected a former education minister as the running mate for its presidential candidate John Mahama in December polls. Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, 72, was Ghana’s education minister between 2013 and 2017. She is also the first female vice-chancellor of a public …

An 80-year-old man has committed suicide at the Watch Tower in the Araromi Imota rea of Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The deceased hung himself with a rope in the kitchen,” according a tenant. “The lifeless body of the tenant hanging on a rope that was tied to the …

More than 280 schoolchildren have been abducted by dozens of armed men in the town of Kuriga in northwest Nigeria, according to reports. “The pupils were in the assembly ground when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school,” according to a witness said. “The students, between the ages …

The lifeless body of a 26-year-old man was discovered in bizarre circumstances in the municipality of Mfantseman, in the Central Region of Ghana. “The victim was found dead in Baifikrom cemetery with multiple bullet and cutlass wounds on his body,” according to reports. His body was discovered by some residents …

The Constitutional Council in Senegal has declared this Tuesday March 6 that the presidential election must take place before the end of the mandate of President Macky Sall. It also rejected another recommendation made to President Sall and declared that the list of 19 candidates already validated by the institution …