West Africa

The court ordered Sossou to pay $846, ten times the average monthly salary of a journalist in Benin.

We found that a person’s attachments to the state and to kinship groups mattered a great deal for their decision...

The meeting will hold from Tuesday to Saturday in Ouagadougou.

The U.S. delegation includes Majority Whip James Clyburn and Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Karen Bass.

The victims were arrested on June 1.

The sweetheart deal cost Senegal hundreds of millions of dollars in rights to the oil and gas concession

Armed separatists seeking to secede from largely French-speaking Cameroon have been clashing with government forces.

One of the two Ghanaian journalists arrested said he was tortured.

There was an improvement in the implementation of judgements compared to previous years.

The bodyguards were arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman.

The Mayor of Inates town, blamed jihadists from bordering Mali for Monday’s deaths.

“We have a president whose company runs our ports, the cotton (industry)...," the Benin opposition leader said.

Regional security and the security situation in Guinea Bissau top agenda.

“The attackers also killed animals and burnt down houses,’’ the Mali government said.

A Gambian delegation were in Nigeria to understudy the workings of the TSA.

A priest and five churchgoers were killed by gunmen during mass at about 9am in the town of Dablo on...

At least six people, including the priest, were killed when gunmen opened fire on the worshippers at the church.

Mr Buhari sends envoy to Guinea Bissau, Benin

The aim is for deliveries to arrive within 30 minutes.

Thirteen million biometric cards are expected to be produced within 10 years at a cost of over N14billion.

President Macky Sall pledges action on environment and women’s rights during second term.

Two separate judgments were handed down by the presiding judge, Anwuli Chikere, on March 1, 2019, in connection with the...

Seeking uncomfortable truths about atrocities perpetrated against citizens has become an integral part of rebuilding societies after the fall of...

While president of the compact West African state of 2 million, Jammeh frequently drove his black stretch Hummer from his...

Mr Fagla was also fined 3,000 Swiss francs.