West Africa

The convoy of the wife of the Vice President of Ghana, Samira Bawumia has been involved in an accident on Saturday January 13, 2024 while travelling to the Ashanti region. “A sprinter bus run into two vehicles in Mrs. Bawumia’s convoy,” according to reports. The wife of the Vice President, …

The Kasoa Tollbooth Police have arrested a young man for allegedly stealing a 2-year-old baby girl from a community in Ghana’s Greater Accra region. “The suspect was with the little in a vehicle before the arrest,” according to reports. “The small girl started crying from kaneshie to Mallam Juction then …

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi will travel to Africa and visit Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire from Jan. 13-18, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. The visit will mark the 34th consecutive year in which the foreign minister has gone to Africa for their first overseas trip of the …

Two female students were crushed to death by a moving trucka few metres away from the schools premises, near the junction of Ikot Inyang village, along Aba Road in Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria. “The driver of the truck lost control and rammed into the girls killing them instantly on the spot,” …

Liberia’s former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and three of her family members have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. The four were arrested and indicted in June last year in connection with the death of Charlotte Musu, who was reportedly Ms Scott’s niece, the BBC reported. In February …

Nigerian president has suspended the minister of humanitarian affairs with immediate effect and asked the corruption watchdog to investigate financial transactions involving her ministry, the president’s spokesperson said on Monday. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, is the first minister to be suspended, less than six …

A two-year-old girl has been electrocuted after touching an exposed wire connected to her neighbour’s house in the Langbasa area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The deceased was electrocuted after coming into contact with a wire that was linked to his neighbour’s gate,” according to the deceased father. “Her death is …

The Ghanaian chef Failatu Abdul-Razak had clocked up 113 hours of cooking since January 1, 2024. in Tamale in northern Ghana. She plans to reach 200 hours in the longest culinary marathon. Her ambition is to break the world record for the longest culinary marathon, currently held by Irish chef …

A former interior minister of The Gambia goes on trial in Switzerland on Monday accused of crimes against humanity. Ousman Sonko faces a lengthy list of charges, including participating in or ordering the killing, torture and rape of political opponents. Sonko has denied all the charges, AFP news agency reports, …

Pastor TB Joshua, Nigerian founder of one of the largest evangelical Christian churches in the world, is alleged to have sexually abused and tortured worshipers, the BBC reported. Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of All Nations members accuse the late TB Joshua of atrocities, including rape and forced abortions. The allegations …