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Ghana: Blackout stops local Flights

May 17, 2013 Black out: Flights grounded at Kotoka international airport in Accra

Domestic flights in Ghana have been grounded at the Kotoka International Airport due to a total blackout, local media reports have said.

Niger: Villagers vow to end female genital mutilation

May 17, 2013 Most Ghanaians in the Northern regions support female genital mutilation

About 14,000 villagers from 20 communities in Niger took a public vow to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced under-age marriage as the West African country's government steps up its fight against such abuses.

Benin: Floods are back in Cotonou

May 17, 2013 Cotonou' streets during the rainy season

After the heavy downpours of these past days, moving through Cotonou is becoming a nightmare; roads have been flooded and unusable, rising the anger of the populations.

Six dead in Rwanda building collapse as rescue ends

May 15, 2013 Rwanda’s police said the search and rescue mission has been completed and the site is clear

Six people died and more than 30 people were injured after a building collapsed in northeastern Rwanda, police said Wednesday as they called off rescue efforts a day after the accident.

'Greedy pig' protest held at Kenya parliament

May 15, 2013 A policeman tries to control pigs left by protestors outside the parliament

Kenyan police have fired teargas and water cannon outside parliament in Nairobi to disperse about 200 people demonstrating against parliamentarians' demands for a higher wage.

Ghana hunt down three USA nationals

May 14, 2013 It is estimated that 95% of small-scale gold mining in Ghana is illegal

The government of Ghana is hunting for three Americans who filmed themselves in Ghana, as they engaged in illegal small scale mining.

Nigeria: Merger widens to oust Goodluck in 2015

May 14, 2013 President Goodluck Jonathan

Another political party in Nigeria has merged with the Action for Progressive Change, the APC.

'Gunmen kidnap wife, daughter of Nigeria’s Supreme Court Justice'

May 12, 2013 Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour and his wife

Gunmen have kidnapped the wife, daughter and driver of a supreme court judge on a road in southern Nigeria apparently hoping for a ransom payment, police said Sunday.

Immigrant in Italy kills 1 in pickaxe rampage

May 12, 2013 Police say a man went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan

An illegal immigrant has gone on the rampage with a pickaxe in the Italian city of Milan, killing a passer-by and wounding four others, police say.

Nasarawa: 28 cops found alive, dead toll hits 43

May 10, 2013 Camp for the internally displaced from Yelwa, in Lafia, Nasaraw

Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abayomi Akeremale, confirmed that 28 policemen have been found alive. Akeremale said the 28 policemen were held hostage, but released today.