Africa Archive

Nigeria’s first lady has warned the “hyenas and jackals” will be banished in a cryptic Facebook post apparently aimed at her husband’s officials. Aisha Buhari’s comments seem to be directed at powerful ruling party politicians, said the BBC’s Naziru Mikailu, in

ISIS has finally admitted its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, according to reports in Iraq. The terror group is said to have confirmed that the 45-year-old was killed in an air strike in the Iraqi province of Nineveh. Reports claim

President Akufo-Addo has cited lack of jobs for the youth as the single biggest challenge facing the country. Addressing the president of Switzerland, Doris Leuthard, who is on a day’s official visit to Ghana, Akufo-Addo bemoaned the seriousness of the challenge,

A fresh wave of violence has forced 40,000 more people to flee from their homes in the Central African Republic (CAR), bringing the number of refugees in the country’s east to 100,000, an NGO says. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) reported

The Adentan Municipal Assembly has ordered the closure  of a rubber manufacturing factory at Frafraha in Accra following a Starr News investigations. Residents of the area have accused the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of compromising their health following their failure to