The President of Liberia, George Weah on Friday visited Ghana, a country that hosted thousands of Liberian refugees for years during Liberia's civil wars.
Fifteen people were killed on Thursday when a gang of armed men attacked two banks and a police station in the central Nigerian town of Offa, police told AFP Friday.
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo Addo on Thursday defended his government's decision to agree to a deal to host U.S troops in the West African nation.
Lassa fever has killed 142 people in Nigeria since the start of the year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday, reporting a rise of 32 fatalities in a month.
French and Malian troops killed about 30 Islamist insurgents during a gunbattle in a region near the border with Niger, where Islamic State are known to be active, the French army said on Thursday.
A former military leader and opposition candidate in Sierra Leone's highly contested presidential run-off election, Julius Maada Bio has been sworn in as new president of the country.
