Health workers in Ghana who embarked on strike on Monday over poor working conditions, have suspended their action.
Their strike had left many patients stranded...
Gambia’s lawmakers have rejected a draft constitution to replace the 1997 constitution.
The document which was to help reform the country’s governance system could not...
Ivory Coast's main opposition is piling pressure on President Alassane Ouattara ahead of next month's presidential elections.
The country's main opposition presidential candidate, Henri Konan...
The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday announced that sanctions have been imposed on Zineb Jammeh, the wife of Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh.
In a statement...
Every year, universities worldwide are independently ranked based on a number of factors including (amongst others) the academic reputation, international nature and the ratio...
Police in Ghana have launched an investigation into the mysterious death of one of the country's top law lecturers.
The University of Ghana senior law...
The anti-apartheid activist, and personal lawyer to Nelson Mandela, George Bizos has died at the age of 92.
The South African became prominent for serving...
Amnesty International has accused Mozambique's government forces of torturing suspected members of an armed group known as al-shabab.
The Mozambican government forces are also accused being...
The Egyptian Football Association has said it can't find the country's Africa Cup of Nations trophy.
Egypt was given the trophy to keep after winning...
A sex education program being sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Zambia has been rejected by top government officials.
UNFPA on its...
The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS has hinted it might lift sanctions imposed on Mali following last month's coup.
The current sanctions imposed on Mali...
A fuel tanker explosion in Central Nigeria has killed at least 25 people.
Schoolchildren are reported among those killed when the tanker exploded after a...
