WHO declares Guinea a highrisk zone for Ebola
World Health Organization officials said on Friday the risk of an Ebola outbreak spreading from Guinea to its neighbours was ...
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Nigeria approves use of AstroZeneca COVID19 vaccines
Nigerian authorities on Friday approved the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine under the COVAX Facility after undergoing an assessment, ...
UN suspends services in northeastern Nigeria due to rising insurgent attacks
The United Nations has suspended aid work helping tens of thousands of people in northeastern Nigeria after an attack by ...
Nigeria’s government to reward repentant bandits
The government of Nigeria’s Zamfara state announced an initiative to give bandits, who renounce their criminal lives, two cows for ...
Niger: Opposition leader accused of inciting violence sentenced to prison
Hama Amadou, Nigerien opposition leader and former prime minister, is accused of being behind the deadly unrest in Niamey, Niger, ...
Nigeria’s rising insurgent attacks causes refugee influx in neighboring Niger
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said it is alarmed by surging violence in north-west Nigeria which has fueled displacement into ...
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala begins tenure as WTO boss
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala officially started her new role as the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) first female and first African director-general on Monday, ...
Ghanian police boss threatens to conduct more attacks on LGBTQ citizens
Police stormed into LGBTQ+ offices again in Accra on Monday. James Oppong-Boanuh, inspector general of police in Ghana, said so long ...
France neutralizes jihadists as government plans on reforms
French President Emmanuel Macron also pledged this month to "decapitate" al-Qaeda-linked insurgent groups in the semi-arid region
Ghana receives first COVID19 vaccines from COVAX courtesy of UN
Ghana received the world’s first delivery of coronavirus vaccines from the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative on Wednesday — the long-awaited start for ...