Category: Africa

Source: BBC  A retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has lived in the UK for nearly 50 years must wait a decade before the Home Office

Source: BBC  At least 11 worshippers have been killed and dozens others injured after a man attacked a mosque in Nigeria’s northern Kano state, police

Source: BBC  A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10 people, four of them seriously. The incident occurred

Source: Rueters  Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday proposed significantly toughening penalties for drug trafficking, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence through a law amendment.

Source: BBC Chad’s military ruler Mahamat Déby has been declared the official winner of the presidential elections, legitimising his grip on power. Gen Déby won

Source: BBC Many Nigerians have condemned the introduction of a new levy on electronic banking transactions, with some saying it will push them back to

Source: BBC The South African electoral commission has rejected a request to remove former President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the newly formed Umkhonto

Source: africanews.com Counting commenced on Monday evening in Chad for a presidential election intended to mark the end of three years of military rule. However,

Source: BBC Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to establish the country’s first war crimes court, more than 20 years after the