West Africa

Soldiers from Burkina Faso have been detained in connection with an alleged coup plot. Eight soldiers have been taken into custody in Burkina Faso on suspicion of preparing a…
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Three suspected pirates who were jailed for six weeks aboard a Danish naval vessel off the coast of West Africa have been released at sea after Denmark's justice minister dropped…
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Gunmen reportedly killed dozens of villagers during raids on numerous communities in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state's Anka and Bukkuyum districts. According to other…
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A flag-raising ceremony was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, to commemorate Ghana's and four other countries' appointment to the…
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Beginning Monday, December 20, the Ghana government has imposed a ban on flights arriving from Israel, South Korea, and Malta through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional…
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Soumeylou Boubèye Maga, the imprisoned former Malian Prime Minister, has been admitted to a hospital in Bamako after his health deteriorated. "A potentially serious infection…
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Nigerian authorities have announced that they will destroy nearly one million expired doses of Covid-19 vaccine. They claim that international donors delivered the vaccines…
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Ecowas, the West African regional bloc, has expressed "strong concerns" about Mali's delay in transitioning to civilian rule. It threatened additional economic sanctions if "no…
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Ghana is implementing some of the strictest Covid travel rules in the world, prohibiting any adult who has not been vaccinated from flying in beginning Monday. Self-isolation…
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