West Africa

Sierra Leone's new president, Julius Maada Bio on Saturday held a meeting with the defeated presidential candidate in last month’s run-off election, Samura Kamara.

Six people have been killed in Ghana's Bono Ahafo region after a tunnel roof at a mining site collapsed on workers.

Mali’s army said on Saturday it had killed 14 jihadist suspects who were trying to escape detention in its central region, the latest in a string of killings by the armed forces that have provoked condemnation from rights groups.

Fall armyworms have invaded farm lands in Ghana with vast crops reportedly destroyed.

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.