West Africa

Fear gripped residents of Nigeria's town of Jos when a man said to be dead reportedly grabbed the hand of his brother who was...

Civil society groups in Nigeria have asked the President of the country, Muhammadu Buhari to take a medical leave.In an open letter to Mr....

Uber operators in Ghana's capital, Accra are under attack from some taxi drivers.The local Taxi drivers in the busiest parts of Accra have become hostile...

Some 280 workers of telecommunication firm MTN in Nigeria have been sacked, according to local media reports.The Guardian in Nigeria claimed that the decision...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara urged cocoa farmers to raise production and quality and said a 40 percent fall in global cocoa prices this...

One of Nigeria's most prominent Muslim leaders is under investigation on suspicion of embezzlement, fuelling rumours that some want him removed after he made...

France has killed more than 20 militants hiding in a forest near the border between the West African countries of Mali and Burkina Faso...

President of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, says he understands the impatience of the citizenry 100 days after he took over the reigns of the...

Mali's National Assembly has voted to extend a state of emergency by six months in a bid to quell an upsurge in attacks by...

Governments in West Africa are taking action to stop the import of fuel with dangerously high levels of sulfur and other toxins. Much of...