6+ hour, 18+ min ago  (265+ words) Two senior leaders of the Islamic State's West African branch surrendered to Nigerian troops on June 8, 2026, in what the military command described as a "major setback" for the terrorist organisation operating in the Mangari region. The Operation HADIN KAI announced…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (315+ words) South African police have launched a manhunt after a heavily armed group carried out a late-night mass shooting at an informal settlement in Johannesburg's Cleveland, killing 12 people and wounding at least nine as investigators work to determine the motive. Police…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (350+ words) APAnews - Agence de Presse Africaine Senegal dismantles forgery ring, seizes CFA 752m in fake currency The Senegalese National Gendarmerie has announced the seizure of CFA 752, 907, 527 in counterfeit currency during a highly successful operation conducted south of Dakar. As part of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (384+ words) APAnews - Agence de Presse Africaine Tunisian Court sentences Ennahdha leader to life in prison Tunisian justice on Tuesday sentenced Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi to life imprisonment, accompanied by an additional 30-year prison term, in the high-profile "secret apparatus" case handled…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (297+ words) Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has described as barbaric the reported killing of one of the abducted teachers from the Esiele community in Oyo State in southwestern Nigeria while the rescue operation is underway. Some bandits invaded the Esiele community in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (192+ words) APAnews - Agence de Presse Africaine Burkina teacher gets seven years for raping 11-year-old pupil A primary school teacher in Burkina Faso has been sentenced to seven years in prison, with five years to be served in custody, following his conviction…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (423+ words) The Gambian Public Prosecutor on Tuesday confirmed a request to the Inspector General of Police to open a case file for Omar Badjie, a 27-year-old man who died as a result of police brutality in Mandinari in September 2025. This request…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (528+ words) The family of Mountaga Tall Monday claimed that the whereabouts of the former minister and lawyer who was whisked away from his Bamako home on the night of May 2nd, are still not known. The family of Mountaga Tall has called…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (297+ words) A lawyer in Nigeria has taken his opposition to the reintegration of remorseful former Boko Haram insurgents into the society to the courts, to fight this prospect. It comes as some 700 individuals who had renounced their memberships of the Boko…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (291+ words) APAnews - Agence de Presse Africaine Senegal police seize 400kg of cyanide in mining crackdown Senegalese police have successfully dismantled a chemical trafficking network in Kidira, seizing 400 kg of cyanide and 250 kg of zinc intended for illegal gold mining operations. The targeted…...