West Africa

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has extended his medical leave and has now delayed his return to Nigeria.A statement from the Nigerian government said the...

James Ibori, who as governor of oil-rich Delta State became one of Nigeria's richest and most powerful men, has returned to the country after...

Working days in The Gambia are now five instead of four which used to be the norm under former leader, Yahya Jammeh.That means Gambians...

Ambassadors sacked by The Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh have been re-instated by the new president, Adama Barrow.According to local media all the dismissed...

A judge in Nigeria’s southern Delta State wants governors in the country to sign warrants for persons on death row.According to Judge Marshal Umukoro,...

A Nigerian soldier has been jailed for seven years for killing a man at a market in the country’s northeast, the army announced, in...

The new government in The Gambia is gradually taking shape with the swearing in of 10 cabinet ministers by the country’s President, Adama Barrow...

Mt coffee hydropower dam, Liberia's biggest post-war infrastructure project, comes back on after 25 years. Liberia on Wednesday started testing the second turbine of its...

The Gambian government is to receive financial support from the European Union (EU) after the said fund meant for the 2015/2016 financial year was...

Nigerian security inspect the scene of a bomb blast at the Jos Terminus Market, on December 12, 2014. A 10-year-old died after the suicide...