West Africa

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 …

The Katanga District Police Command, in the Krachi East municipality of the Oti region, has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of an adult shepherd in Ghana. The arrests were announced in a statement signed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), John Nchor, of the Public Affairs …

An attack by Islamic militants on military posts in northern Benin last week left at least 54 soldiers dead, the West African country’s government said. Authorities had previously said that only eight soldiers were killed on April 17. JNIM, an extremist group linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack …

A 34-year-old cab driver has been arrested for the alleged murder of his long-time girlfriend in Abuakwa, in Ghana’s Ashanti region. The suspect was arrested at his hideout in Namong, Offinso Municipality, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, three days after he went into hiding. He is alleged to have picked …

A 23-year-old woman lost her life in a tragic fire in Aboduabo, in the municipality of Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai, in Ghana’s North-West Region. According to reports, “the nursing mother lost her life when a fire engulfed a makeshift kiosk where she sold bottled petrol.” According to an eyewitness, “the fire …

A 13-year-old disabled girl was allegedly impregnated by a pastor in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, with the Nigerian police opening an investigation. The pastor, was, until the incident, the head of charge of Christ Apostolic Church. He was first dragged to the palace for allegedly impregnating the …