Ongoing investigations into alleged killings and disappearances under former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh have hit a snag, according to a United Nations group.
The UN’s...
Ghana's Commercial High Court has dismissed an application by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private lending arm of the World Bank Group and...
Nigeria has formally started exporting yam to the European Market according to its Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh.
As part of the moves he revealed Nigeria...
Ghana has signed an agreement with China that could lead to a 10 billion dollar investment in Ghana's bauxite industry. The money will also boost the country's infrastructure at a time when economic growth has slowed in recent years. Ghana’s Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo says the Chinese Development Bank will provide the money.
This is just the latest development in the growing interest of China in Africa. The extent of that interest has been highlighted in a new report from McKinsey consultancy group. It says that in two decades, China has become Africa’s most important economic partner. Across trade, investment, infrastructure financing, and aid, no other country has such depth and breadth of engagement in Africa".
Widows of four of the nine men executed by Nigeria’s military regime in 1995 have a filed a civil lawsuit in The Hague, Netherlands, accusing Royal Dutch Shell of alleged complicity in a military crackdown.
The deaths of the men - known as the Ogoni nine - provoked an international outcry.
The lawsuit accuses the oil giant of providing support to the military, which ultimately led to the execution of the men
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari faced a fresh call to quit on Thursday, nearly two months after he left the country on indefinite sick leave.
"I...
Cameroon authorities forced nearly 900 refugees back to northern Nigeria against their will this week, violating an agreement between the two countries to shield...
An investigator at Nigeria's financial crimes agency was shot after leaving his office, underlining the dangers faced by those looking into corruption, the Economic...
