West Africa

Three Nigerian police officers have reportedly been killed after clashes with members of the navy in the south-eastern city of Calabar. It is unclear what...

A 57-year-old woman believed to be from Ghana was found dead near the U.S.-Manitoba border last week after officials say she likely attempted to...

There is anxiety among family members of the Ghanaian Unicef director Charlotte Nikoi who went missing months ago in South Africa after a decomposed...

There is widespread outrage in Ghana following the mistaken lynching of a top official of the country’s armed forces.Captain Maxwell Mahama was reportedly lynched...

Three demobilised ex-rebel fighters were killed in Ivory Coast's second-biggest city, Bouake, on Tuesday as they clashed with police attempting to end their protest...

Gambian authorities have seized assets including 86 bank accounts and 131 properties linked to former president Yahya Jammeh, an official said on Monday, as...

Ghanaian labor law requires that companies provide new mothers with at least three months maternity leave with pay. However as the World Health Organization...

Nigeria has paid a high price to achieve democracy and will foil any attempts by those hoping to stage a coup, the national leader...

There were emotional scenes Saturday as 82 kidnapped Chibok girls released by Boko Haram Islamists earlier this month were reunited with their parents. At the...

South Africa has deported 90 Nigerians on Friday for committing immigration-related offences.The 90 deportees were dropped off from Johannesburg by a South African Airways...