Oba Kehinde Falodun of Agamọ Community in Ondo was killed during an attempted abduction. Authorities havelaunched a manhunt to track the suspects.
The government of Gabon has announced the ban of social media platforms in the country. The reason for the development has been disclosed in a televised statement.
Once a symbol of the jihadist war in northeast Nigeria, the town of Bama today betrays the grinding nature of a 13-year conflict, caught between reconstruction and fighting that still rages beyond its borders. Mostly destroyed, Bama became a ghost town deserted by its inhabitants.
Dozens of feminist activists demonstrated Wednesday in Morocco's capital, calling for legalised abortions after a teenage girl died following a clandestine procedure, AFP reporters said. The death of the teenager earlier this month in a village in central Morocco has reignited calls by feminist groups and activists to legalise abortions in the country.
Campaigning for Nigeria's 2023 presidential election got off to a low-key start on Wednesday, with candidates holding a book launch and rallies or postponing official inaugurations. APC this week said it was postponing the official launch of its campaign indefinitely to "accommodate more stakeholders and interests within the APC family".
The United States on Wednesday signed a $350 million grant for infrastructure projects with Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera, hailing his record on good governance. Voicing gratitude to the United States, he said, "Together we're making strides for everyone's good."
The trial of former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and other former officials over the September 28, 2009 stadium massacre opened on Wednesday in the capital Conakry, an AFP correspondent reported.
Hundreds of people flocked to a Guinean court Wednesday as former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was set to stand trial over a 2009 stadium massacre in an historic moment 13 years in the making.
Guinea's oldest chimpanzee and one of the last members of a globally famous endangered community has died in solitude around the age of 71, the environment ministry said. Fana had been showing signs of exhaustion over the past few months, the environment ministry said on Facebook Tuesday.
Former Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel announced his retirement after a long and decorated career on Tuesday, saying "all good things must come to an end". In his retirement post Mikel wrote: "There is a saying that 'all good things must come to an end', and for my professional football career, that day is today."
Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and several co-defendants were sent to prison Tuesday, a day before their trial opens for the 2009 stadium massacre, their lawyers said. The prosecutor had "our six clients taken to the central house (prison) where they will apparently be held until the end of the (trial)", Salifou Beavogui, one of the lawyers, told journalists outside the court.
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