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West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco's membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia...

Former Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has died aged 30 after collapsing during training in China, a spokesman for the player has announced. In his...

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly elected Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland to the U.N. Security Council on Friday for a...

Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said they had taken the strategic military base of Jufra on Saturday after rival factions withdrew.The...

UNICEF has confirmed that it's Ghanaian director Charlotte Nikoi who went missing months ago in South Africa is dead.Unicef in a statement said the...

A Zimbabwe woman who buried her newborn alive has told a court in the east of the country that it was because she already...

Four people have been charged over sharing a doctored photo of Senegalese President Macky Sall's face superimposed on the body of a naked man...

The countries of West Africa’s Sahel region are requesting 50 million euros ($56 million) from the European Union to help set up a multinational...

Six people have been seriously wounded in the Gambia after supporters of ex-President Yahya Jammeh clashed with regional forces deployed in the wake of...

Members of two rival gangs clashed in southern Nigeria early on Friday in violence that left at least 12 people dead, a community leader...