West Africa

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends. He decried "extraordinary" foreign interference in his...

Ivory Coast police fired teargas on Monday to disperse pupils and students protesting at government ministries in the main city, Abidjan, as nationwide strikes...

It appears options available to Gambia’s president Yahya Jammeh to hold onto power are diminishing fast as the expiration of his tenure approaches.The country’s...

The embattled president of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh is losing more of his allies as the end of his tenure approaches.Three more government ministers...

Dolapo Makunjuola, Miss Virginity 2017 in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Premium TimesSixteen-Year old Miss Dolapo Makunjuola has won 2017 Miss Virginity Beauty Pageant held yesterday...

At least four people have been killed in suicide bombing attack in Nigeria’s University of Maiduguri on Monday. Local media the Punch reported that...

Most of those leaving the country in anticipation of violence are women. Photo Credit: Getty Gambians are reportedly fleeing their country days before the tenure...

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said it has arrested a socialite, Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu popularly known as 'Pretty Mike' for dehumanizing young...

The Gambia's president-elect Adama Barrow is to remain in Senegal until his planned inauguration on Thursday, state media in Senegal say. The move was requested...

Gunmen kidnapped five students and two staff, including a Turkish national, from an international school in Nigeria's southern state of Ogun, police said on...