Children killed in attack on Cameroonian school
Attackers have opened fire on a private school in Cameroon’s Southwest Region, killing at least four children, according to officials. The unknown assailants stormed the...
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At least 22 killed in Ghana church collapse
At least 22 people, including a baby, were killed when an unfinished three-storey building collapsed in eastern Ghana, emergency officials said on Friday. The accident...
Cameroon arrests ivory smugglers, seizes 118 elephant tusks
Reuters Cameroon authorities arrested four ivory smugglers attempting to transport nearly 120 elephant tusks through the country’s south, officials said Friday. The group had trafficked...
‘Islamist ADF rebels’ free 900 inmates in DRC jail break
More than 900 prisoners have escaped from a jail in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Beni city after suspected Islamist rebels attacked the facility, officials...
Coronavirus graft scandals fuel South Africans’ anger with ruling ANC
A spate of corruption scandals during the COVID-19 pandemic has further fuelled some South Africans’ frustration with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and...
Kenya health ministry asked to publish virus deals amid graft scandal
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday ordered Kenya’s health ministry to publish details of all purchases made during the coronavirus pandemic following allegations government officials stole...
Ecowas rejects Mali coup, orders sanctions against masterminds
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has rejected the military coup in Mali and ordered sanctions against its ringleaders. The bloc of 15...
NUPENG scribe wants Lagos government’s intervention in petroleum tanker drivers’ strike
File Photo Mr Adebayo Hassan, Secretary, National Union of Petroleum and National Gas Workers (NUPENG), Sango-Ota Chapter, has appealed to the Lagos State Government {LASG}...
Algeria economy rocked by one-two punch of coronavirus crisis
Currency depreciation, inflation, negative growth, businesses closed: Algeria’s economy has been battered by the one-two punch of the coronavirus crisis and tumbling oil revenues. And...
US slaps sanctions on Zimbabwean tycoon
The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions against a business tycoon with close links to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former leader Robert Mugabe for allegedly...