West Africa

Coup leaders in Mali have released the country's interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. According to reports they were freed at around...

Nigerian authorities have said that a boat with 160 passengers onboard on Wednesday sank in the Niger River.The accident happened due to what reports...

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been left confused following Mali's current political crisis. The country's coup leaders on Tuesday...

Gunmen have killed at least four police officers after an attack on police stations in Nigeria's south-east in Enugu State.In neighboring Ebonyi state,...

The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with global school closures and inadequate government assistance, is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous...

Mali's coup leaders have announced that they have seized power once more, after relieving interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane of...

Testimony before a Gambian truth commission linking former president Yahya Jammeh to numerous grave crimes during his 22 years in office should be followed by criminal accountability, Human...

There are fears Mali may be witnessing another military coup after soldiers detained the country's president and prime minister.Soldiers reportedly unhappy with a recently...

Hundreds of people have staged a street protest in Senegal in opposition to activities of LGBTQ persons.The protest on Sunday in the capital Dakar...

Former Ghanaian President John Mahama has withdrawn his acceptance as a special African Union (AU) envoy to mediate talks over the political crisis in...