West Africa

Ghanaian health officials have confirmed the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the country. Samples on these two cases had been taken to the...

Egypt on Friday announced it has suspended the activities of its contingent in Mali peacekeeping mission temporarily. The United Nations was informed of this move...

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has held talks with his predecessors Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bédié in the capital city as part of efforts...

Mali's military-led government has announced it is suspending all new troop rotations by U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA temporarily.The announcement on Thursday comes days after...

Dr. Omar Alieu Touray from The Gambia has now taken over as the new president of the ECOWAS Commission.

A former intelligence chief, Yankuba Badjie, and four other security agents have been sentenced to death by a local court. The local court judge sentenced...

Ghanaian health officials have confirmed that two suspected cases of Marburg virus have been recorded in the country.Samples on these two cases though have...

Kenya has frozen bank accounts run by a Nigerian online payments' company on the orders of a court. The Kenyan court ordered the freeze over allegations...

A convoy of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's team has been attacked by gunmen in Katsina, his home state in the north. The convoy had gone...

Police in Nigeria have intercepted packs of baby food laced with heroin. The baby food items were intercepted at the main airport in Lagos. Three...