West Africa

Mali's government proposed a bill on Friday to establish a new Senate chamber as part of a shake up of its constitution designed to...

Gambia's government will launch an investigation into the finances of former long-standing president Yahya Jammeh including the personal use of a charity bank account revealed by Reuters last month, the justice minister said on Friday.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday he would need more rest and health tests after coming home from nearly two months of medical leave in Britain during which his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, stamped his authority on economic policy.

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned home from London, according to local media reports.Mr. Buhari traveled to London in January for medical check-up...

The World Bank Group President Jim Yong-Kim on Thursday announced the bank was working toward raising 1.6 billion dollars to build social protection systems to end food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen.

Two former policemen in Nigeria have been sentenced to death over the most infamous case of extrajudicial killing in the country's modern history.

Local media in Ghana has reported that the Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Tove Degnbol, has disclosed that many Danish investors are refusing to do business in the West African nation because of corruption.

Ghana’s officials are battling with an agitation from a group within the country’s Volta region previously the British Togoland to split from the country.

Officials in The Gambia have announced that they have discovered the body of the opposition leader Solo Sandeng in Tanji.

Controversial Nollywood star, Tonto Dikeh, has released evidence of domestic abuse in a new video.