West Africa

One person has been confirmed dead, with four others battling for their lives after a canoe capsized on River Okye near Okyiso in the Assin South District of the Central Region, Ghana. The deceased was identified as a 12-year-old child who was pronounced dead on arrival at the clinic. According …

In Togo, the Fourth Republic has been definitively laid to rest, with two presidents fulfilling two very different functions. The country is completing its transition to a parliamentary system that does away with direct presidential elections by universal suffrage, with ex-president Faure Gnassingbé being sworn in last Saturday as President …

Ten individuals have been arrested for engaging in galamsey activities within the protected Boin Forest Reserve in the Aowin Municipality of Ghana’s Western North Region. The operation was carried out through a coordinated effort between the Enchi Forest Division and military personnel tasked with safeguarding the country’s natural resources. The …

A 20-year-old man allegedly killed his father with a machete in Gwaram Local Government Area, Jigawa State, Nigeria. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Shi’isu Adam, the incident occurred around 10 am in Bakin Kasuwa Quarters, Sara District. According to Adam, the suspect attacked his father with a …

The decomposing body of a man was discovered in his bedroom in strange circumstances in the Assin South district of Ghana. Residents of Assin Andoe in the Assin South District were thrown into shock after the decomposing body was found inhis room. According to former Assembly Member for the area, …

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested three people suspected of arms smuggling in Savelugu, in Ghana’s Northern Region. The suspects were apprehended on May 1, 2025, during an intelligence-led operation carried out at their respective hideouts. During the arrest, the police retrieved an AK-47 rifle, an SMG, a Smith …

An explosion struck a residential area in northern China on Wednesday, marking the second such incident in two days, according to reports. An explosion followed by a fire rocked a residential area in the Xiaodian district of Taiyuan, capital of the northern province of Shanxi, on Wednesday. The human toll …

One person has been shot dead after robbers attacked passengers in a taxi and a motorbike from Nyumoase on the Atebubu-Yeji road in the Bono East Region, Ghana. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Kobre in the Pru East District. The armed robbers …

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is losing members to the ruling APC, and 18 civil society figures published an open letter on April 27 accusing the Head of State of using fear and pressure. According to the signatories, these rallies to the All Progressives Congress (APC) …

At least 12 people from Nigeria’s Bokko Ghide community, including two vigilantes, were killed by Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday in Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno State, northeast Nigeria. Mohammed Timta, the Emir of Gwoza, the traditional and Islamic ruler of the area, confirmed the incident to Anadolu on Sunday …