Police say about 100 killed after boat capsizes in Nigeria
About 100 people were killed when a boat carrying locals returning from a wedding collapsed in northern Nigeria, according to police and locals, who increased […]
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Nigeria’s banditry epidemic: armed men kill scores of villagers in country’s north
30 people were killed over the weekend by armed men on motorcycles in raids on six villages in Nigeria’s north, a region regularly hit by […]
Niger kick-starts campaign to curb meningitis after over 100 reported dead
Niger’s authorities with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched a vaccination campaign against meningitis after the disease killed so far this […]
Two Moroccan cyclists kidnapped in the Sahel freed by Moroccan & Nigerien intelligence services
Moroccan and Nigerian security services have managed to free two Moroccan cyclists who have been missing since the end of last March and who were […]
Benin: Several people killed in a fresh attack in the north
Several people have been slain in the town of Kerou, north of Benin, in a fresh attack by unidentified armed men. The attack, local media […]
EFE: Expulsion of 7,000 Migrants From Algeria Puts Pressure on Niger
Since January several flows of emigrants expelled by Algerian authorities have been constantly arriving in the town of Assamaka. Niger Interior Minister Hamadou Amadou Souley […]
Niger: Five soldiers killed in ambush
Five soldiers of the Nigerien army were killed during the ambush led by some unknown armed men, in the North of the country, the armed […]
Moroccans denounce Kaïs Saïed’s “racist” speech against migrants
Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed has made extremely hateful and racist remarks against African migrants who arrive in his country on their way to Europe. After […]
West Africa’s central bank congratulates Guinea-Bissau’s performance
The governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Ivorian Jean Claude Brou Yesterday congratulated Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló for the country’s […]
Kings of Spain to visit Angola in February
The King and Queen of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, will make a state visit to Angola in February, the first of the two monarchs […]