West Africa

Macky Sall has been in power since 2012.

It will be the third consecutive poll in which the two will face off.

About 6.5 million people are registered to vote at polling stations that opened at 8 a.m. (0800 GMT) and close...

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a former Liberian president will return to Nigeria on Thursday.

The Cameroonian army regularly refers to armed separatists as “secessionist terrorists.”

The cities to be connected include Lagos, Accra, Lomé and Cotonou.

Security officers shot AK-47 assault rifles at the crowd at a polling station in the capital, Accra.

UN peacekeeping and French forces are stationed in northern Mali.

The 73-year-old was acquitted on Wednesday.

Mr Hussein-Swale was shot dead Wednesday night.

Kennedy Agyapong departs for China after he was questioned by the police over Wednesday night's murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale.

The journalist was shot three times Wednesday night, prompting his employers to suspect assassination.

Unchecked artisanal mining is on the rise in Mali, neighbouring Guinea.

The report, however, said levels of public debt continued to increase with several countries at a debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

The West African country holds presidential election next month.

Mrs Akuffo Addo has spearheaded several campaigns to promote the welfare of women and girls in Ghana.

President Buhari will be accompanied by some governors.

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) condemns in the harshest tone possible such brutal infraction of trade union rights.

In the same period, 13 other countries contributed a cumulative amount of 697. 947 million dollars.

President Bongo has been in a Saudi hospital after suffering a stroke last month

Violence in Cameroon’s primarily English-speaking north-west and south-west areas has worsened over the past year.

The elections will now hold sometime in December.

The 85-year-old Biya won the presidential poll in October.

The official says nearly 12,000 people died from the epidemic in 2014.

The deliberation is part of events at the ongoing West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA).