West Africa

Despite police assurances of progress and two arrests, nobody has been tried or convicted of the journalist’s murder.

Ghana is battling its worst economic crisis in a generation, amid a currency crisis that has worsened the nation’s fiscal...

Mr Ofori-Atta is also accused of making unconstitutional withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund supposedly for the construction of the President's...

Burkina Faso Army Captain Ibrahim Traore announced Friday night that President Damiba was ousted.

ECOWAS said it found the new coup inappropriate at a time when progress had been made in ensuring an orderly...

He said a group of officers had decided to remove Mr Damiba due to his inability to deal with a...

Residents of Burkina Faso were woken on 30 September, 2022 by weapons fired in various camps in the capital.

Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle will prevent them entering Westminster Hall while seven MPs and peers remain sanctioned by Beijing, a...

Tax breaks in Mali and weak import procedures in the UAE fuel the multi-billion dollar illicit trade.

One year on, security problems and political clashes prevent agreement on Chad’s inclusive national dialogue.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday said it will immediately lift economic and financial sanctions placed...

Peter Obi’s presidential aspiration appears to have been appropriated by a social media lynch mob who are attacking his opponents...

“The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard were ordered to withdraw to new positions, to...

Buhari to ECOWAS leaders: "Any decision on Mali Burkina Faso, Guinea must consider the people"

According to the police’s letter to the envoy, the tweet was “a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,...

Cocoa thrives in the rich forest soil left behind from illegal logging, stripping Côte d’Ivoire’s economy and environment.

Stopping mercury and cyanide use is vital, but so is preserving the country’s soil, rivers and trees.

The allies, therefore "decided to commence the coordinated withdrawal of their respective military resources dedicated to these operations from Malian...

The Nigerian leader also congratulated President Umaro Embalo of Guinea-Bissau on surviving the coup attempt.

“It wasn’t just a coup,” he said. “It was an attempt to kill the president, the prime minister and the...

The military government also said it has restored the constitution.

After about 15 minutes, the men left the scene and threatened to return and shoot people if Radio Ada FM...

The suspension was decided at a virtual ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government extraordinary session.

The coup in Burkina Faso is the latest in a the region

This comes a day after reports of gunfire erupting late on Sunday around the president's residence.