West Africa

Equatorial Guinea said on Monday it has demanded €73 million from French oil giant Total over "fraud" in fuel sales made between 2010 and 2012.

Authorities in Niger urged thousands of residents on Sunday to evacuate homes threatened by heavy rains that lashed Niamey, following floods that have killed 16 people in the capital since June.

More than 1 000 people have died from the mudslide and flood that hit Sierra Leone's capital nearly two weeks ago, a local leader and a minister said Sunday during services honoring the disaster's victims.

The Former President  of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has slammed his country's new hate speech law announced by the vice president of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo last week.

Just like with the coup in Burkina Faso in Sept 2015, which was broken on twitter by the African Union’s Department for Political Affairs (@AUC_DPA), social media, with a special focus on twitter, is also where much of the developments surrounding Togo have taken place.

Many HIV/AIDS patients that subjected themselves to treatment by former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh died, according to surviving patients.

Boko Haram militants on Tuesday killed six people in the northeastern Borno state of Nigeria in what is reported to be a targeted reprisal attack.

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday canceled his first cabinet meeting since returning from his sick leave in London.

Eight people have been confirmed dead in Guinea on Tuesday after a rubbish dump collapsed near the country’s capital Conakry.

The United Nations has expressed worry over the surge in the number of children mostly girls being used as human bombs in Nigeria by the militant group Boko Haram.