West Africa

The governments of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have signed a major agreement called the “Abidjan Declaration” which is to address issues within the cocoa sector in both countries.

Presidential run-off poll in Sierra Leone scheduled for Tuesday March 27 would now go ahead after a high court gave permission for run-off to go ahead.

Monkeys are reported to have invaded some homes in the Nigerian state of Lagos forcing residents to flee.

The Nigerian government has said that it in talks with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram for a possible ceasefire deal.

Presidential run-off poll in Sierra Leone scheduled for March 27 has been delayed after a court upheld a request by a member of the ruling party for an injunction on the process.

Ghana’s parliament has voted to approve a deal that would grant the United States of America “unimpeded” access to deploy its troops and military equipment in the West African nation.

107 schoolgirls who were freed by Boko Haram after their abduction in February this year have finally met the country's president in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Members of a notorious Nigerian gang, trafficking women and girls into Europe for prostitution have been arrested by police in Spain.

After fifteen years of deploying its peacekeeping mission to Liberia, the United Nations on Thursday ended its operation.

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has defended his country's decision not to sign the continental free trade deal just yet despite participating in earlier discussions.