West Africa

A Gabonese opposition figure who earlier this month threatened violence if failed to resign has been placed in preventive custody, the state prosecutor said...

At the entrance of the male patients’ ward of the Accra Psychiatric hospital, Ghana's biggest and major mental health post, about 5 nurses are...

Ibraheema Yakubu was detained and beaten by police officers while reporting on a protest rally in Kaduna as an accredited journalist for DW's Hausa...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved emergency financial assistance under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) in the amount equivalent to SDR11,662,500 (about US$16.1 million) for The Gambia to enable the authorities to meet their urgent balance of payment needs. In addition, the Board was informed about the IMF Managing Director’s approval of a one-year staff-monitored program (SMP) to guide policy implementation.

Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine. A group of 75 set out in three vehicles but were...

Suicide bombers killed nine people and wounded 13 others in multiple blasts in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri, police said on Monday, the latest in a...

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed optimism over a $15 billion funding partnership agreement and commitment reached between the Government of Ghana...

Gambia's top police officer who was appointed by the country's former President, Yahya Jammeh has been replaced by President Adama Barrow. Inspector General of Police...

Ghana's top court has ruled that the admission of some former Guantanamo bay prison detainees from the United States of America in the West...

A Nigerian court has ruled that the forcible eviction of tens of thousands of people from a waterfront slum in Lagos is unconstitutional. The judge...