Ghana’s National Population Council has sparked a debate over birth control in the West African nation with its officials suggesting that couples limit the number of children they bear to three.
Health officials in Ghana have announced a surge in the number of Tuberculosis cases being reported at health centers across the country, something that gets them worried.
Nigeria appears to be skeptical about Morocco's bid to join the West African Sub-regional body ECOWAS and is reluctant in seeing it gain a membership, DW reports.
Nigerians residing in a Ghanaian community of Sowutuom are reportedly fleeing the community over fears of being attacked by Ghanaians, according to officials of the Nigerian community living in Ghana.
Rescue workers have unearthed 499 dead bodies since last week's devastating landslide near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, the city's chief coroner told Reuters on Sunday.
Officials in Nigeria have confirmed the death of nine people in a boat accident in Lagos on Sunday. The nine were part of passengers who were traveling in a boat which capsized due to what the government said was due to overcrowding.
Two protesters were killed and 13 others wounded in Togo on Saturday when security forces opened fire to break up demonstrations against the ruling Gnassingbe family dynasty, the security ministry said.
