The leader of Senegal's main opposition group said on Wednesday it would not participate in any future elections because the parliamentary polls that delivered a large majority to the ruling coalition were a "masquerade".
A Nigerian, Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, Â accused of obtaining more than 125,000 stolen taxpayer identities from across the United States has been convicted in federal court in Oregon.
Six insurgents have been killed by the army in Nigeria’s Borno state, according to army officials. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the insurgents were killed in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno in an operation meant to dislodge activities of Boko Haram in the state.
Ten football fans have been arrested in connection with a stampede last month which killed eight supporters attending a cup match in Dakar, Senegalese police said on Tuesday.
Nigeria has been told by a court it can permanently seize a $37.5 million apartment block owned by a former oil minister who is wanted for money laundering.
Mauritanians have voted to abolish the upper house of their parliament, the Senate, in a controversial referendum that was boycotted by the opposition.
Nigeria’s ailing president Muhammadu Buhari has condemned a deadly church shooting on Sunday in the southeastern Anambra State that claimed the lives of 11 worshippers.
