West Africa

Gambians on Thursday voted for new members of parliament for the first time since the exit of former long-time leader Yahya Jammeh.In all 239...

Gambians are voting for new members of parliament for the first time since the exit of former long-time leader Yahya Jammeh.In all 239 candidates...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched an Economic Recovery and Growth Plan for his country.Senate President @bukolasaraki, Speaker @YakubDogara & APC Chair Chief...

Ghana’s government has placed a moratorium on licensing of small-scale miners following upheavals from civil Society groups on the menace.It follows calls by groups...

Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis that has killed nearly...

Nigeria's government and military are not doing enough to ensure the release of 195 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held by Boko Haram Islamic extremists for...

The president of Benin, Patrice Talon failed in his attempt to reform his country’s constitution.Reducing the current two five-year presidential term to just one...

More than one hundred Gambians who were held up in Libyan prisons on Tuesday returned home.These Gambians had attempted migrating to Europe under difficult...

On Thursday, Gambians will be going to the polls for the first time since former long-time leader Yahya Jammeh was forced into exile.This time...

The faction of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram led by Abubakar Shekau released a video on Tuesday denying that fighters are dying of...