Gunmen kill four, abduct 40 others in Nigeria’s Zamfara state
Gunmen in Nigeria attacked the town of Kasuwa-Daji in the northwestern state of Zamfara State on Tuesday. Four people, including
Liberia appoints first female minister of defense
Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai has appointed a retired female brigadier general, Geraldine George, as the acting minister of defense. This
Nigeria says 42,000 nurses left the country in 3 years
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) is concerned over the high number of nurses leaving the country. According
AFCON 2023 winners: Emilio Nsue takes golden boot, as Ronwen Williams is named best goalkeeper
The 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) competition concluded on Sunday with the hosts, Cote d’Ivoire, coming
ECOWAS members call for unity as crunch meeting begins
Members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday called for unity as the West African regional
Nigerian gunmen kidnap six students, three teachers in Ekiti state
Nigerian authorities are searching for several students and teachers taken in the country’s first kidnapping involving school children of the
ECOWAS maintains that Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger remain members of the bloc
On Sunday, the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) officially reaffirmed the membership of Burkina Faso, Mali, and
ECOWAS postpones ministerial mission to Niger
West African regional bloc ECOWAS was forced to postpone a ministerial mission to Niger after an aircraft it chartered to
More than 70 dead in Mali’s gold mine tunnel collapse
More than 70 people were killed in a collapse of a tunnel at a gold mining site in southwest Mali,
Joseph Boakai sworn in as Liberia’s president
Joseph Boakai was sworn in as Liberia’s president in Monrovia on Monday. Leaders and diplomatic delegations from across the world