West Africa

Ghana’s electoral commission has been admired all over the world especially in Africa. It has successfully organized many elections without major challenges since 1992,...

Nigerian officials have arrested two child traffickers they say are notorious and have been operating for many years.The two traffickers were arrested by police...

Ghana’s government has deployed hundreds of police and military personnel across the country to deal with illegal mining activities.The country has struggled to contain...

The ruling coalition of Senegal's president Macky Sall won a widely expected landslide in a legislative election, his prime minister said Monday, bolstering Sall's...

Police in Nigeria have arrested over 40 men alleged to be engaged in homosexual activities.According to local media the police raided a hotel in...

At least hundreds of Senegalese voters were prevented from casting their ballots in parliamentary elections on Sunday because of delays in issuing identity cards,...

At least 69 people are known to have died in a Boko Haram ambush of an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria, as three...

Suspected Boko Haram members released a video on Saturday that shows three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team in northeastern Nigeria, one of...

People in Sierra Leone can no longer jog on the streets without police permission.It follows an announcement from the Police service in the West...

 At least 30 people including civilians and members of the military have died after an attempted rescue of an oil exploration team kidnapped by...