Academic work is set to resume in Nigerian universities as lecturers there suspend an eight-month old strike.
The aggrieved lecturers have been demanding better funding...
Hundreds of people have been displaced in Ghana's capital Accra after torrential rains continue to wreck havoc in parts of the country.
The rains have...
The Kenyan government has given the green light for the cultivation and importation of genetically modified crops and animal feeds.
The decision ends a decade-long...
Burkina Faso's ousted military leader, Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba has reportedly fled to neighbouring Togo after stepping down.
Damiba seized power in January this year...
At least 11 soldiers have been killed and 50 civilians reported missing after armed fighters attacked a military convoy.
The 150-vehicle military-escorted convoy was taking...
A number of police officers in Nigeria are facing dismissal and prosecution for illegal detentions and torture.
A panel set up by Nigeria's National Human...
