Browsing: West Africa
COTONOU, Benin — Voters in Benin went to the polls on Sunday to elect a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after…
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has signed into law controversial legislation that significantly toughens penalties for same-sex relationships, drawing sharp criticism from…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Kenya’s Supreme Court judge, Isaac Lenaola, has been elected President of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone (RSCSL), the body…
ACCRA, Ghana — At least 55 Ghanaian nationals have been killed while fighting in the war in Ukraine, with two others currently held as prisoners…
KANO, Nigeria — Religious enforcement officers in northern Nigeria’s Kano have arrested nine Muslims accused of eating publicly during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.…
ACCRA, Ghana — Authorities in Ghana are pursuing the arrest of a Russian national accused of secretly recording and distributing intimate images of Ghanaian women…
ACCRA, Ghana — The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has pledged to pursue accountability following reports that a Russian national allegedly recorded and…
ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana has temporarily suspended citizenship applications for members of the African diaspora, as authorities move to overhaul a process that critics say…
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria is mourning the death of aspiring singer Ifunanya Nwangene, 26, who died on Saturday after being bitten by a snake in…
LOMÉ, Togo — Togo has arrested and expelled Burkina Faso’s former president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, sending him back to his home country after authorities in…