West Africa

The men were kidnapped in November 2011.

The migrants died from dehydration.

All flags in Ghana flew at half-mast during the mourning period and citizens were encouraged to wear black or red...

The court is the principal legal organ of the ECOWAS region.

There are no term limits in Togo and Gambia.

The Court also ordered the reinstatement of the dismissed officer into Sierra Leone Police Force.

“One shot of the high-dose vaccine could mount a glycoprotein-specific humoral and T-cell response against the Ebola virus in 14...

"Al Jazeera calls on the authorities to end this matter swiftly by returning all their equipment and releasing both men...

The security boss was found with 250kg of Ebola blood samples.

The former Nigerian President says Gambia can be West Africa’s Switzerland

The outbreak of the virus has reduced.

ECOWAS says Nigeria’s elections are special.

A report indicates that bad governance might have hindered the battle against the epidemic.

The judgement came after 22 years of campaign by victims of his brutality. His victims have welcomed the announcement of...

Parents say the government should have waited until the country is Ebola free.

The Extraordinary Session of the parliament will end on February 7.

There are indications that there is a sharp drop in transmission.

Sierra Leone has recorded over 3,000 deaths from the virus.

"The arbitrary censorship of Taranga FM is the latest attempt to restrict independent voices in Gambia," says Peter Nkanga, CPJ's...

A military source says three plotters killed after presidential palace came under attack.

The EU withdrew million of Euros of funding from Gambia for its anti homosexual stance.

Sierra Leone has recorded 8,356 cases of Ebola.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say the new law threatens the LGBTI Community in the small West African country

China, Africa's biggest trade partner, had come under fire for the level of its response to the Ebola crisis.

Lingering political crisis in Burkina Faso saw the resignation of the country's former president and the dissolution of his government.