West Africa

Ghana’s parliament has been asked by the Agriculture Minister to declare a ‘state of emergency’ over an armyworm invasion that threatens a $133m project...

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the rescue of 82 Chibok schoolgirls as a pleasant second anniversary gift of his administration to Nigerians.The President made...

President Muhammadu Buhari departed Nigeria for London on Sunday night for follow-up medical consultation with his doctors.He had planned to leave Sunday afternoon, but...

Two Nigerian officials were sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday for taking and selling about 300 bags of rice meant for people...

A civil society group in Ghana has announced that it stopped about 20 young Ghanaians from joining the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is advocating for the 24-hour opening of the borders between Ghana and Togo, explaining that this will boost trade and tourism, and, thereby, ensure that the peoples of the two nations reap the economic benefits thereof.According to Akufo-Addo, “the opening of our borders will give true meaning to the ECOWAS Protocols on Free Movement of Goods and Persons, and will spur on progress and prosperity for our peoples.” He made this known on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, when he delivered a brief speech at a State dinner held in his honour by the President of the Republic of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé.

West African countries have detained eight Chinese ships for fishing illegally and the boats' owners could be subject to millions of dollars in fines,...

The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has said that her husband's health status is not that bad as many perceive.In a message on her...

Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded on Tuesday in an area regularly targeted by jihadist groups, as the commander of France's counter-terrorism...

The President of Germany-based NGO, PLAY!YA, Ian Mengel, on Tuesday said that football players’ trafficking was growing at an alarming rate in Nigeria and,...