West Africa

Burkina Faso’s military leaders said the country’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday. It’s almost a year since the military leader and now interim President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, himself, seized power. In a statement read on television, the junta said unnamed military officers and others had …

A 62-year-old fetish priest has murdered his 25-year-old junior wife for alleged suspicion of infidelity in Pru East District of Bono East Region, Ghana. “The man therefore stabbed the woman to death and later committed suicide by stabbing himself too,” reports said. “The man suspected that his wife had been …

Nigeria’s two largest unions, the National Labor Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have accused the government of failing to ease the financial burden on Nigerians and called for an indefinite strike to begin next Tuesday. Unions said the industrial action was a protest to the government’s response …

A 20-year-old man was found hanged in an abandoned government public toilet in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region, Ghana. “A note was found inside the deceased’s pocket,” according to eyewitness. “However, the police did not allow them to read,” he said. “The body has been deposited …

A landlord has poured hot water on an 11-year-old girl in Mowe, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The landlord had made it a habit to beat the girl and her mother when the mother was still with him,” according to a tenant. “The …

The French ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itté, left the country by plane this Wednesday morning, Reuters reported, citing security sources. The repatriation of Sylvain Itté takes place following a standoff with the military junta which seized power on July 26 in Niamey. The military ordered the expulsion of the diplomat …

No fewer than 15 persons were killed in an accident involving a trailer and a commercial bus in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The incident occurred after the trailer had a brake failure and crashed into a Toyota bus,” according to an eyewitness. …

A mother is fighting for her life after losing two of her children to electrocution in the Mushin district of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The children were electrocuted when they attempted to turn on the television after returning from school,” according to reports. The parents were thrown into despair with the …

Two young men have shot a 60-year-old woman for trying to bewitch a resident in Janga, in the West Mamprusi Municipality, Ghana, according to reports. “The woman was killed by the men believed to be the sons of the man that the deceased was allegedly trying to bewitch,” according to eyewitnesses. The assailants came …

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 41-year-old man to life imprisonment for deflowering his wife’s 15-year-old niece in Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria. “The victim has been living with the suspect and aunty when she was 10 years old and always consider the man as her father,” …