At least 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday. It took place during Sunday worship in Essakane village in...
At least 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday. It took place during Sunday worship in Essakane village in Oudalan province – close to the border with Mali. Few details have been given. A...
A court in Uganda has sentenced more than 100 women to one month of community service each after they confessed to sending their children to beg in the capital, Kampala. The court has also banned the women from returning to the city and ordered that they be sent back...
Nigeria is seeking Interpol’s help to arrest three suspects who allegedly stole $6.2m (£4.9m) from the central bank, using the forged signature of then President Muhammadu Buhari. Authorities believe that the suspects conspired with Nigeria’s former central bank chief Godwin Emefiele. He is already on trial on 20 charges,...
A cult leader in Kenya has been charged with murder after more than 400 bodies were found buried in shallow graves in a remote forest in the east of the country. Survivors and victims’ families have said Paul Mackenzie urged followers to fast in order to “go see Jesus”....
Controversial journalist Kemi Olunloyo has alleged that the late Prophet TB Joshua committed suicide when he knew he discovered that he was being investigated and the results of the investigation was about to be released soon. “BBC was planning to disgrace Joshua as early as 2020/2021 when they started...
The Burkinabé government under the leadership of Captain Ibrahim Traoré has officially changed French as their official Language. On Wednesday, December 6,2023, the government approved a significant amendment that grant local languages to be used as a medium of communication in every public gathering. This amendment in the Burkina...
A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following IVF treatment, a hospital in Uganda has said. Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean at a fertility centre in the capital, Kampala. Ms Namukwaya, who is is one of the oldest women to give birth, told...
Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew as armed men broke into a prison, setting inmates free. Detainees from Central Padema Road prison in the capital city Freetown were released on Sunday morning, an official at the facility told BBC News. Earlier on, the gunmen had attacked a...
I (President George Manneh Weah) stand before you tonight with a heavy heart, but with the utmost respect for the democratic process that has defined our nation. As your President and the leader of the Coalition for Democratic Change, I want to address you on the outcome of the...
The second day provisional counting results of the runoff of the presidential election released by the National Elections Commission (NEC) has revealed that the presidential candidate of the opposition Unity Party (UP), Ambassador Joseph Nyumah Boakai has captured 712, 741 vote which is equivalent to 50.58% Which his opponent,...