At least 13 people have been killed in three suicide bomb attacks in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri with 16 others sustaining serious injuries.
An international campaign has been launched by some Gambians seeking to have their former President Yahya Jammeh who is currently in exile in Equatorial Guinea brought to justice.
A 31-year-old Ghanaian who was arrested in Bonn, Germany for allegedly raping a woman at knife point in April this year has been convicted of rape and jailed for 11 and a half years.
A Ghanaian mother who is frustrated by the difficulties in taking care of her four children with special needs has been rescued by a support group, Special Mothers Group from committing suicide in Accra.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killings taking place in the county’s Plateau state after news of the death of over 20 people in renewed reprisal attacks.
Liberians will have to choose between former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai who becomes their next president after both candidates failed to secure over 50 percent of votes in last week’s presidential elections.
The President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Dramane Ouattara is visiting Ghana on Monday for a state visit weeks after his country lost a maritime dispute between the two countries.
Thirty years ago, the leader of Burkina Faso's revolution, Thomas Sankara, was cut down in a hail of bullets — a bloody end to a turbulent yet charismatic life that today has gained cult status in Africa.
