West Africa

South Africa ranks highest in Africa with respect to the use of mobile applications. They are followed by Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda respectively. According...

Gilbert Adum leads Ghana's "Save the Frog" organization Ghana is home to over 80 frog species, but environmentalists say the amphibians are disappearing. Now one...

Nigeria's operational headquarters is in Maiduguri. Photo Credit: AFP A bomb has exploded in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri at Ummarari.Witnesses say about three to four...

The Director-General of National Population Commission, NPC, Ghaji Bello, has revealed that Nigeria’s population was currently 182 million.He said half of its people is...

The top U.N. regional official for West Africa on Thursday called for the release of dozens of political prisoners in Gambia as long-ruling President...

Gambian head of state Yahya Jammeh, on Thursday filed his application for a fifth term in office on the ticket of the Alliance for...

Wrestling in The Gambia and Senegal is very popular, often attracting huge crowds. Photo Credit: AFPA popular Gambian wrestler has drowned while crossing the...

A man pushes a cart past an NGO focused on combating human trafficking in Benin-city, Edo State, midwest Nigeria, on October 21, 2016. (Photo...

The Nigerian government has disclosed that it is taking drastic steps to arrest internet related crimes. The government lamented the loss of over $450...

Some women in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday criticised discrimination by the society on their decision to marry younger men, why applauding...