West Africa

Officials in Nigeria have confirmed the death of at least 27 people after 3 suicide bombers carried out an attack in north-eastern part of the country on Tuesday.

The President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday called on the international community to support the country following Monday's mudslides that have claimed hundreds of lives.

Gunmen attacked two United Nations bases in Mali on Monday, killing a peacekeeper, a contractor and seven Malians, the UN said, in the latest attacks on its presence in the country.

Hundreds of people have been killed in a mudslide that occurred in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown on Monday.

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has announced his desire to go to heaven and sing with angels after participating in a musical concert.

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has announced his readiness to return home after months of staying away from his country on a sick leave.

Officials in Burkina Faso have confirmed the death of 18 people during an attack on a restaurant in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday.

The Gambian commission tasked to investigate former President of the country, Yahya Jammeh and his finances has started its hearings.

Nigeria's military raided a United Nations compound on Friday in the northeastern city at the epicentre of a conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, a UN official said.

In Zamashegu, a farming community of 1,000 people in northern Ghana, they may as well have come from outer space — four electric slot machines installed in two roadside shacks, chirping and clattering, bathing the packed-dirt walls in a pale, kaleidoscopic glow.