West Africa

Young girls and women from Nigeria are being trafficked to Ghana and lured into prostitution by a syndicate under the pretext of securing them...

The security minister of Mali on Monday confirmed the killing of five militants involved in an attack at the weekend on a luxury resort...

Gunmen on Sunday attacked a luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside Mali's capital, Bamako, killing two people in what the security minister...

The Gambian government has shut down a former pro-government newspaper, the Daily Observer, for not paying taxes since 2007 during regime of exiled former...

Sixty-three Ghanaians deported from the United States of America have arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Starr News gathers that, the Ghanaians were...

ENGIE and eleQtra a developer of power and transportation projects in sub-Saharan Africa, signed a Joint Development Agreement that defines the terms and the schedule for the development and construction of the 50 MW Ada Wind power project in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. The project is expected to require an investment of approximately $120 million and to start operations early 2019. ENGIE will enter as a 40% partner in the project.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday signed the 2017 budget almost four weeks after the National Assembly transmitted the appropriation bill to the presidency. At...

Pope Francis, leader of the world’s Roman Catholic faithful has warned priests in Nigeria to accept a 2012 appointment of a bishop or risk...

A French soldier has been jailed for a year by a court in Paris for molesting girls aged three and five in a hotel...

African Union chairperson Alpha Conde on Sunday put himself forward as a mediator in the crisis between Qatar and other Gulf countries, urging dialogue...