West Africa

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has won a third term in office following his major victory in last month's presidential election.The election was boycotted...

At least five people have been killed on Saturday during voting in Ivory Coast's controversial presidential election.Votes are now being counted in a presidential...

Ivorians are voting in a controversial presidential election which has been boycotted by the opposition.Former president, Henri Konan Bédié, and the former prime minister,...

Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo has said that Saturday's presidential election will spark "disaster" for the country.Ivorians will be voting in a crucial...

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has spoken out for the first time since the United States held up her appointment as new boss of the World...

Senegalese President Macky Sall has dissolved his government, the presidency has said in a statement.President Sall according to the statement signed four decrees to...

The United States is holding up the official announcement of Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new boss of the World Trade Organisation.On Wednesday Okonjo-Iweala...

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been voted as the new head of the World Trade Organization.She secured 104 out of 164 votes to become the...

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has secured majority of votes from European Union member states to become the head of the World Trade Organization.She is now...

Cameroon's President Paul Biya has in a statement condemned the killing of seven children in a mass shooting at a school in the Anglophone...