West Africa

The United States of America has deported over eighty Ghanaians for various immigration offences.

The presidency of Nigeria has announced that it will be negotiating for the release of 110 girls abducted from a school in the northeastern town of Dapchi in the Yobe state.

In 2015 British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye unveiled plans for a 100-bed paediatric cancer centre in Rwanda. But in 2018 he also unveiled a plan for a new cathedral in Ghana.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has elected Nigerian Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji as its president for a three-year term.

Sierra Leone’s presidential election results were too close to call after half the votes had been counted on Saturday, with the two front runners neck-and-neck, making a second round likely.

Officials in Ghana have said that they have deported 100 illegal African immigrants for engaging in deceitful activities in the West African country.

Election officials in Sierra Leone are calling for calm amid tension as collation of election results continue two days after voting ended.

Counting of votes has been ongoing in Sierra Leone after voting ended on Wednesday following what observers say was a largely peaceful general election.

Officials in Nigeria have said that over 20 people have died in clashes between herders and farmers in central Nigeria.

The Gambia has asked Thailand for forgiveness after the West African nation’s foreign minister said that the Asian country was a haven for sex tourists.