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Category: West Africa

West Africa has been defined as including the 18 countries Benin, Burkina Faso, the island of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.

Amirul Mumineen Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar IV Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa 

Sultan of Sokoto, Recession and Will of Allah

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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has recently attributed the current economic recession in the country to the will of God and urged Nigerians to seek holiness and repentance. Sultan Abubakar III made this statement at one of the events that was organised to mark ten years since he was enthroned. The head of Muslims in Nigeria… Read More
Alhaji Muhammad Musa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa 

Building Mosques and Economic Recession in Nigeria

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The Jigawa state government has just announced a major state development project: the construction of ninety mosques; three in each of the constituencies. One assumes that this project is a way that the government wants to use to show the people of Nigeria and the world how it is developing the state and using its resources! Personally, I cannot imagine… Read More
30,000 homeless in Nigeria after slum fire Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa 

Nigeria: Fire and demolitions that left 30,000 homeless must be urgently investigated

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The Lagos State authorities must take immediate steps to provide alternative accommodation for as many as 30,000 people who were made homeless, in direct contravention of a court order, when their homes were deliberately set alight in the Otodo Gbame community in Lekki, Lagos, Amnesty International said today. Although it is unclear who started the first fire on the morning… Read More
donald-trump West Africa 

Nigerian TB Joshua revealing himself to be a ‘False Prophet’

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 LILONGWE – Nigerian pastor TB Joshua of the Synagogue of All Nations (SCOAN) has re-uploaded his prophecy of the victory of Hilary Clinton in the just concluded US presidential election. Once again another failed prophesy from the Flamboyant Nigerian preacher. It appears he went with the prevailing belief that Hillary was going to win. Read More
Tean Pregnancy in Sierra Leone West Africa 

Sierra Leone: Continued pregnancy ban in schools and failure to protect rights is threatening teenage girls’ futures

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Sierra Leone must lift a deeply discriminatory ban on visibly pregnant girls attending school and taking exams, which continues to entrench gender inequality in the country and puts thousands of teenage girls’ futures at risk, Amnesty International said today, a year on from its report on the issue. “The prohibition on visibly pregnant girls attending mainstream schools and taking exams… Read More
President Alassane Ouattara Ivory Coast West Africa 

Côte d’Ivoire: Authorities must stop arbitrary arrests and ‘mobile detention’ of opposition supporters ahead of referendum

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Authorities in Côte d’Ivoire must stop targeting opposition members by curtailing their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said ahead of Sunday’s referendum on constitutional changes. On 20 October, at least 50 opposition members were arbitrarily arrested at a peaceful protest and detained for hours in moving police vehicles. Some of them were dropped in several… Read More
Musa Saidykhan in Gambia Gambia West Africa 

The case of Musa Saidykhan in Gambia, ruled for over 22 years by a Military ruler Yaya Jammeh

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President Yaya Jammeh has presided over the West African country of The Gambia for 22 years, since coming to power by military coup. His rule has been characterized by the imprisonment, torture, extrajudicial execution, and forced disappearances of citizens and journalists. Musa Saidykhan is one of these journalists. On 28 March 2008, Musa was arrested at The Independent newspaper during… Read More
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