October 09, 2022
Nigeria: At Least 10 Dead, Scores More Missing After Boat Capsized in Southeast Nigeria
Local emergency officials in southeastern Nigeria said Saturday that 10 people have died and more than 60 are still missing after a boat carrying passengers capsized. Officials… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Cameroon: Biya Orders Enforcement of Bilingualism Law
Cameroon's president has ordered officials to enforce a 2019 law on bilingualism and make life easier for English speakers in the French-speaking majority country. Complaints of… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Cameroon: Marchers Call for Peace, But Warring Sides At Odds On Talks
In Cameroon, thousands of people are marching to call for peace in the country's separatist conflict. The daily peace marches, which began on Friday and are slated to continue… Read more »
October 02, 2022
Burkina Faso: Protesters Attack French Embassy As Ousted President Signs Resignation
On Sunday afternoon and throughout last night, large groups of protesters took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, attacking the French embassy, burning tires and… Read more »
Burkina Faso: The Fight We Are Engaged in Is Not About Power - New Military Leader
Burkina Faso's new military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore told VOA in an interview Saturday he is not looking for a confrontation with Burkinabe forces that might be supporting… Read more »
October 01, 2022
Burkina Faso: Burkinabes React to News of 2nd Coup in 8 Months
Soldiers took over Burkina Faso's state broadcaster Friday night to announce they had deposed President Paul Henri Damiba, after just eight months in power. Read more »
September 30, 2022
Burkina Faso: Heavy Gunfire in Burkina Faso Capital, Soldiers On Streets
Troops in Burkina Faso have blocked streets in the capital, and state TV has stopped broadcasting after reports of heavy gunfire near the military camp where the country's junta… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Army Announces Overthrow of Military Government
Burkina Faso's army captain, Ibrahim Traore, announced Friday evening that the army had seized power and ousted military leader Paul Henri Damiba, who himself had taken power in a… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Guinea: 'I Just Wanted to Die'
Oumy Diallo recalls the day she wanted to die. She was attending a pro-democracy protest in 2009 at a stadium in Conakry, Guinea, when a group of government security officials… Read more »
September 28, 2022
Burkina Faso: 11 Dead, Dozens Missing After Militants Attack Convoy
Burkina Faso says an Islamist militant attack on an aid convoy has left 11 troops dead and dozens of civilians missing. Read more »
Nigeria: MSF Seeks Humanitarian Aid for Malnourished Children in Northwest Nigeria
Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders has called on the United Nations to add northwest Nigeria to its humanitarian response plan, due to high numbers of children suffering… Read more »
September 27, 2022
Cameroon: Anglophone Hospital Workers Say They're Victims of Both Military and Separatist Brutality
Separatists in Cameroon have abducted five hospital staffers in the western town of Kumbo. The rebels say they were retaliating after Cameroon's military entered the hospital and… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Cameroon: Separatists Blame Splinter Groups For Killings, Abductions
Cameroon's English-speaking separatists have for the first time acknowledged deadly clashes between splinter rebel groups. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Observes 'Car Free Day' to Promote Cleaner Air
Nigeria's economic hub of Lagos is the most congested city in Africa and has some of its worst air pollution. To highlight the problems, Lagos authorities on Sunday held the first… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Cameroon: Military Acknowledges Troops Attacked Civilians, Killing Two Women
Cameroon's military says three members of its airborne battalion this week attacked civilians and killed two mothers in Nylbat, an English-speaking village in Andeck district. Read more »
Senegal: Landmark Lawsuit Filed Against Senegal Fish Meal Factory #AfricaClimateCrisis
A Senegalese fisherman's collective is suing the owners of a fish meal factory, which they say has polluted their village and destroyed their livelihoods. The lawsuit is the first… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Nigeria: Hundreds of Schools in Nigeria Closed Because of Safety Concerns
The new school year started in Nigeria this month, but more than 600 schools are still closed because of a surge in kidnappings and attacks by armed gangs, according to… Read more »
September 20, 2022
Cameroon: Women Say They Are Under-Represented in Peace Talks
In Cameroon, hundreds of women are protesting what they say is their underrepresentation in the country's efforts at peace, despite making up more than half the population. Women… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Cameroon: Govt Says Separatists Are Keeping 8 Abducted Clergy and Christians On Nigerian Border
Cameroonian authorities have accused armed separatists of abducting five Catholic priests, a nun, and two worshippers from a church on its western border with Nigeria. The Catholic… Read more »
September 16, 2022
Ghana: Ghana Marburg Outbreak Declared Over
The World Health Organization has declared an end to Ghana's outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus after more than six weeks without any new cases. Read more »
Mali: Mali Lashes Out At Ivory Coast Over Detained Troops
Mali's military government has called Ivory Coast's request for a regional meeting on Ivorian troops detained in Mali since July "intimidation" and "blackmail." Ivory Coast accuses… Read more »
September 15, 2022
Cameroon: Officials Say Rebels Attacking Schools
Officials in Cameroon say armed separatists have chased several thousand children from schools just days after the students returned to classrooms for the first time in years.… Read more »
Africa: Nigeria Drops to Africa's 4th Largest Oil Producer, OPEC Reports
Nigeria is facing a record reduction in oil production, oil cartel OPEC reports, dropping from the first largest producer in Africa to the fourth, behind Angola, Algeria and Libya. Read more »
September 14, 2022
Ghana: Ghana Inflation Hits Record High 33.9 Percent
Ghana's consumer inflation reached nearly 34% in August, the highest since 2001, despite a historic rate increase by the central bank. Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Pledges Support for Cleaner Energy
U.S. special envoy on climate John Kerry has pledged U.S. support to help Nigeria mitigate the effects of climate change, saying Africa's most populous nation would benefit from a… Read more »