West Africa

Opposition candidate Joseph Boakai has been formally declared the winner of Liberia’s run-off presidential election. Incumbent President George Weah had already conceded on Friday night when Mr Boakai had built an unassailable lead. But not all the votes had been counted. On Monday afternoon, National Elections Commission chairperson Davidetta Browne-Lansanah …

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 62-year-old illegal miner to 20 years’ hard labor for pouring acid over his former girlfriend in Prestea, in Ghana’s Western Region. “The two went to the usual mining site to prospect for gold, and while going about their respective duties a misunderstanding ensued …

The private Catholic-run Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI) in south-eastern Nigeria’s Enugu state has received court approval to conduct a mass burial of 33 bodies abandoned at the mortuary of its teaching hospital. Some of the bodies have remained unclaimed for 18 years, the university’s Vice-Chancellor Christian Anieke said on Sunday. …

Liberia’s outgoing President George Weah on Friday evening conceded his defeat in Tuesday’s presidential election to opponent Joseph Boakai, as the country awaits the publication of the total results of the vote. “Tonight, the CDC (Mr. Weah’s party) lost the election but Liberia won. It’s time for elegance in victory,” …

The former chief executive of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, on Friday submitted his candidacy to lead one of Ivory Coast’s main opposition parties, which could put him in the running for the 2025 presidential election. Thiam, 61, served as a minister under ex-president Henry Konan Bedie. He left the West …

A 30-year-old man has been found dead at the Mankessim cemetery in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. The deceased lifeless body is yet to be identified. “Residents are living in fear and have called for heightened security,” according Adom News. The young man was murdered somewhere and …

A woman has been arrested for murdering five members of her family in Mmabatho in the North West, South Africa, according to reports. The woman killed her police officer husband, her son who was at university, her two daughters, and her cousin. She conspired with a doctor who certified that …

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old private school teacher to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The accused sent the victim on errand in one of their offices after school classes, only to indulge her in a sexual intercourse,” reports said. “He threatened to flog the …

A 40-year-old man has been found dead in the Densu River at Torgahkope in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. According to the Unit Committee Member for Domeabra, Joseph Akrashie, he received a distress phone call informing him of a suspected murder. “An individual had been …

The body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a well after she went misssing in the Shasha area of Akure, the state capital, Nigeria. “The girl was missing before her body was discovered in the well, days after she was not seen around,” reports said. A friend of the …