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President Muhammadu Buhari departed Nigeria for London on Sunday night for follow-up medical consultation with his doctors. He had planned to leave Sunday afternoon, but...

Two Nigerian officials were sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday for taking and selling about 300 bags of rice meant for people...

South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Friday urged President Jacob Zuma to appeal a High Court ruling ordering him to explain why he...

A civil society group in Ghana has announced that it stopped about 20 young Ghanaians from joining the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is advocating for the 24-hour opening of the borders between Ghana and Togo, explaining that this will boost trade and tourism, and, thereby, ensure that the peoples of the two nations reap the economic benefits thereof. According to Akufo-Addo, “the opening of our borders will give true meaning to the ECOWAS Protocols on Free Movement of Goods and Persons, and will spur on progress and prosperity for our peoples.” He made this known on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, when he delivered a brief speech at a State dinner held in his honour by the President of the Republic of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé.

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has been defending  his country's economic record, saying the economy is not fragile at the ongoing World Economic Forum...

Somalia’s youngest minister has been shot dead in an incident close to the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu. The 31-year-old Abbas Abdullahi Sheik Siraji...

West African countries have detained eight Chinese ships for fishing illegally and the boats' owners could be subject to millions of dollars in fines,...

The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has said that her husband's health status is not that bad as many perceive. In a message on her...

The popular South African author Karel Schoeman has been reported dead. His lawyers confirmed on Wednesday that he died by committing suicide. Local media reports...