West Africa

Liberian officials have intercepted four shipping containers full of hazardous polyethylene waste bags.The containers were brought into Liberia from Greece "under the pretext of...

Islamist militants have launched a deadly attack in Niger killing 25 soldiers and wounding six others.The attack was carried out on an army outpost...

Dozens of angry caterers on Wednesday picketed at the residence of Ghana's President in the capital, Accra over non-payment of arrears owed them by...

Nine days ago, Alassane Ouattara, President of Cote d’Ivoire, announced that the eight countries of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) will discontinue the use...

About 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and...

Militants have launched a rocket attack on a military base for the United Nations in Mali.UN officials say twenty people including 18 peacekeepers have...

Insensitive, irresponsible and disappointing are just a few of the numerous reactions that have greeted Ghana’s failure to distribute parked ambulances as more patients...

Liverpool's Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Player of the Year. The Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward...

Popular female US rapper Cardi B appears to be in dire need of a Nigerian name and has asked her fans to choose her...

Over 30 people have been killed in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno in a bomb blast on a crowded bridge.The said bridge targeted...