West Africa

A 40-year-old man has been found dead in a bush at Owuraku, a suburb of Adoagyiri in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality of the Eastern Region, Ghana. According to eyewitness, “the victim sustained severe head injuries and had his throat nearly slit, indicating a brutal attack.” His lifeless body was discovered near …

A 24-year-old Thai woman has been arrested for attempting to smuggle 43 packets of Canadian Loud, a synthetic variety of cannabis weighing 46.60 kilograms, into Nigeria via Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. She was arrested on February 20 during the inward clearance of passengers on a Qatar …

A 31-year-old man drowned inside a well while attempting to retrieve a phone in the Oja-Odan area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. A witness said, “the dceased attempted to enter the well to retrieve the phone which has=d accidentally fallen into the well.” The witness warned the victim …

Nigerian singer Ayra Starr had a very different life on social networks before she became an afrobeats star because she was an online troll, managing a page dedicated to American rapper Nicki Minaj. In Internet slang, a troll characterizes an individual seeking attention by creating negative feelings, or behavior aimed …

A 10-year-old boy has tragically drowned in Salt Lake at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Ghana. According to Adom, the deceased went missing on Wednesday after returning from school. His body was discovered on Thursday, February 20, 2025. The Assemblyman for the Upper Nyanyano …

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84 in Mali, according to information. The cause of Cissé’s death was not announced. The Malian government said Cissé had just held a press conference to present two trophies as a …

French oil group Total Energies announced on Tuesday the sale of its assets in Burkina Faso, a few weeks after a similar operation in Mali, reports said. Total Energies announced on Tuesday, February 18, the sale of its assets in Burkina Faso to Coris Investment Group, a company headed by …

According to reports, Ivory Coast, through its future National Development Plan (NDP) covering the period 2026-2030, aims to achieve a poverty rate below 20% by 2030. Against a backdrop of strong demographic growth of 2.6% per year, the average per capita income is to be revised upwards. From 1,722 dollars …

Seven chefs from West Africa were competing in an African gastronomy competition held in the Senegalese capital as they were asked to create original dishes based on an imposed ingredient: fonio. Benin’s Jean Zinsou, who prepared a fonio rosti with a poultry roulade stuffed with a Senegalese fruit sauce, finally …

The British firm Henley & Partners has confirmed the power of the Togolese passport, ranking it as the second most advantageous travel document within the UEMOA zone. This ranking is based on the number of destinations accessible without a visa. In this respect, Togolese travellers can visit 61 destinations without …