West Africa

Wole Soyinka is based in New York. Photo credit: AFP Popular Nigerian and Nobel-Prize winning author Wole Soyinka has finally confirmed when he will exit...

Mist shrouds the Simandou mountains in Beyla, Guinea, June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Saliou Samb/File Photo Top Rio Tinto executives in 2011 approved a $10.5 million payment...

The president of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has said she is very worried about a Donald Trump’s presidency but added he must be given...

The Ivorian government on Wednesday banned sachet alcohol, whether sold or for free, to fight against alcoholism.According to Communication Minister Bruno Kone, “the government...

Ghana’s Electoral Commission has re-admitted three presidential candidates who were initially disqualified into the race for the country’s presidency.   The three candidates include a former...

The world has been stunned by the victory of Donald Trump becoming the 45th president of the United States.African leaders like their citizens have...

The 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last month say they were not abused or raped during two-and-a-half years' captivity in northeast...

The Police in the Nigerian town of Zamfara have confirmed the killing of scores of people by gunmen after storming a mining site in...

Heavily armed gunmen riding motor bikes and other vehicles raided a village and killed five soldiers in Niger near the border with Mali early...

Prisons officials in Ghana have managed to foil a jail break attempt at the country's biggest detention center, the Nsawam Maximum Security Prison.One of...