West Africa

At least 11 people have been killed in a gun attack on a church in southern Nigeria, police say. Up to 18 other worshippers were wounded in the early morning incident at the church in Ozubulu near the city of Onitsha.

The United Nations' peacekeeping mission has uncovered mass graves in a region of northern Mali beset by conflict between rival groups, the mission said on Saturday.

A Senegalese music star has been arrested for criticizing the president of the country, Macky Sall.

Police and opposition activists clashed on Thursday in Mauritania's capital on the final day of campaigning for a controversial constitutional referendum.

Four police officers in Nigeria have been sacked for stealing from the country's former president Goodluck Jonathan.The Punch reported that the Federal Capital Territory...

Nigerians have turned the health challenges of their president, Muhammadu Buhari into an opportunity to make money as they bet on his return date.Mr....

Several thousand opponents of Guinea's President Alpha Conde protested in the capital Conakry on Wednesday against election delays and insecurity, as political tensions escalate. Conde's...

Former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh and his family members will no longer possess Gambian diplomatic passports.According to the Associated Press, the government...

Liberia's outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she will actively campaign for the handful of female candidates contesting elections in October, while her male vice-president seeks to replace her.

Lawmakers in Ghana have ratified an agreement that allows two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to stay in the West African country.Ghana's Supreme Court had...