West Africa

There is some major relief for businesses in Ghana following the decision by the government to scrap VAT on the import of some 64 commodities.

Ghana is among many countries in Africa struggling to fight child trafficking and slavery with the country placed on a watch list in the 2017 Trafficking in Persons report.

The Nigerian government has said that 76 of the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants on February 19 have been released.

Ghana’s Police service has launched investigations into the activities of a Ponzi scheme that has been patronized by thousands of its citizens.

The United States of America is to set up a military base in Ghana with the government of West African nation reported to have approved an agreement to that effect.

Singapore has executed a Ghanaian national who was convicted of drug related offenses two years ago.

Officials in Senegal have confirmed the death of six people when a Senegalese military helicopter crashed late on Wednesday.

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday defended his administration’s response and handling of the abduction of over 100 students from Dapchi in Yobe state.

Health officials in Ghana are alarmed at an emerging trend where pregnant women are taking bleaching pills to change the skin colour of their unborn babies.

The people of Sierra Leone will go to the polls again on March 27 to elect a new president in a run-off vote.