Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw arrived at the Elysee Palace for a meeting with his French host Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. It was not clear what the two leaders were

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has without evidence said Covid-19 vaccines could harm the population and warning health officials in the country against acquiring vaccines. “The ministry of health should be careful, they should

The United States has said all soldiers from Eritrea should leave Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “immediately.” A State Department spokesperson cited “credible reports of looting, sexual violence, assaults in refugee

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has deployed 200 operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, to Ibarapa local government area of the state with a mandate to rid the state’s

Samuel Ortom, the Governor of Benue State has tested positive for COVID-19 and was confirmed on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase. Akase in a statement which was

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as narrow-minded and one who has failed to accommodate all parts of the country in his recent appointment of the country’s service chiefs,

Mali’s military junta which ousted former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta five months ago has been officially dissolved, according to a government decree. The decree was signed by the transitional President

Ghana’s former President and the country’s longest-serving leader, Jerry John Rawlings will be buried on Wednesday. His body has been lying in state since Monday and hundreds of people have

Hundreds of residents in Mozambique’s Buzi District are waiting at the Guara Guara administrative post to be evacuated after their houses were destroyed by Cyclone Eloise. Some residents who spoke

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) have said that the decision by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday injected fresh vigour into efforts by his administration to combat insurgency, banditry and other forms of criminality with the appointment of new service chiefs. The

No fewer than 70 shops and goods, whose value is yet to be ascertained were destroyed on Tuesday in an early morning inferno at the Slade Market in Shomolu area

One person was confirmed dead on Tuesday and more than fifteen others injured following a clash between the police and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known

The Central Bank of Nigeria left its monetary policy rate unchanged at 11.5% during its first meeting for the year. All other parameters were maintained. The Cash Reserve Ratio was

The Police Command in Oyo State says it has launched an investigation into a report it received of how hoodlums packed in vehicles set ablaze the house of Sunday Adeyemo better known as Igboho, an activist in southwestern

Security forces have withdrawn from Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine’s residence after he spent 11 days under house arrest, his lawyer said on Tuesday. “They are now leaving, we hope

Troops of the Central African Republic have killed 44 rebel fighters who had surrounded the capital, Bangui, in an attempt to overthrow the new administration, officials have said. A government spokesman