Many feared dead after huge explosion in Ghana
Many people are feared dead after a huge explosion near a mining town in western Ghana. Police say a vehicle carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle near the town of Bogoso. Liberia's Pr...
20 Tammi 202224min
South Africa opens a new Covid vaccine plant
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa opens a brand new Covid vaccine plant in Cape Town, which could be a game-changer in the fight against the pandemic.Meanwhile, Cameroon's plan to get people v...
19 Tammi 202225min
The TPLF calls for a ceasefire in the Ethiopia conflict
The leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front has called for an immediate ceasefire in the year-long war with Ethiopian government forces. Also, Sudanese protestors are teargassed as they continu...
20 Joulu 202123min
Benin opposition leader in court on terror charges
The opposition leader in Benin, Reckya Madougou, has appeared at the country's Economic Crime and Terrorism Court on charges of financing terrorism.The Ghanaian government has said that from midnight ...
10 Joulu 202121min
US Senator says civil war could see Ethiopia break apart
At least 38 people have died and scores more have been injured in a fire which tore through a prison in Burundi. At least 600 women and girls have been kidnapped and enslaved in the last three years b...
7 Joulu 202124min
Nigerian diplomat accuses UK of 'travel apartheid'
Nigeria's High Commissioner to the UK has branded as "travel apartheid" the UK's decision to put the West African state on its red list, meaning travellers have to pay to isolate in a quarantine hotel...
6 Joulu 202126min
Covid: South Africa new cases double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads
The new coronavirus variant Omicron has now become dominant in South Africa and is driving a sharp increase in new infections, health officials say.The United Nations says Botswana has taken a signifi...
2 Joulu 202122min
Omicron variant present in Nigeria health body says
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has detected the Omicron variant in travellers from South Africa who arrived in Nigeria last week.With three days to go to the presidential elect...
1 Joulu 202123min
