West Africa

The president further directed that all schools, including universities and basic schools, be closed down from Monday.

The advisory strongly discouraged all travels to Ghana from such countries.

Mr Akoi has over 1,300 followers on his Facebook page, where he posts stories and commentary on local news.

Gabon's government said its index case was a 27-year-old national who had returned from France.

The two are the first confirmed cases of the COVID-19 in Ghana after some 57 suspected cases previously tested negative.

The speakership of the Parliament is rotated among countries in alphabetical order, hence it went from Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal...

Forum de l’Investissement Hotelier Africain (FIHA) conference will discuss how to spend it.

Mr Glassingbe’s win, if confirmed, will give him a fourth five-year term and extend a family dynasty that began when...

The attack on the church in northwestern Burkina Faso occurred during Sunday service.

The records from Ghana says between 2010 and 2018, 506,199 cubic meters of wood was exported to China, but the...

USAID says the West Africa trade would last over the next five years and attract private sector investment of an...

Mr Barrow came to power after the 2016 election, ending 22 years of authoritarian rule by Yahya Jammeh.

The delegation from Equatorial Guinea met with several Nigerian executives from the Africa Finance Corporation, Polaris Bank, Sterling Bank, First...

The army chief was sacked after two of the country’s deadliest attacks in living memory killed at least 160 soldiers.

The attack took place at Jalloh’s home in Sierra Leone’s northern Bendugu village.

The Ghanaian apex bank in November 2019 introduced higher denominations of its local currency.

Charles Ble-Coude was sentenced in absentia by a court in Abidjan.

The Chinese ambassador says the vehicles were donated to protect both Ghanaian people and foreign investors.

According to the communiqué, the ECOWAS Authority agreed that out of the $2.3 billion, $1 billion would be financed from...

The bank says its major focus is on energy and transport infrastructure, private sector, regional financial market integration, water and...

57,040 are contesting for positions in the local level election which was first introduced in 1988.

''We offer prayers for the repose of those murdered and for the safe recovery and return of those who are...

Nigeria's finance minister expresses doubt about the ECOWAS single currency commencing next year.

The boat bound for Spain capsized on Wednesday with up to 180 people aboard.

Nigeria is among first five in access to electricity in West Africa.