Sierra Leone election too close to call with half results in
The election looks set for a second round.
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Sierra Leone Polls: Why we won’t announce results now – NEC
The general elections were held on Wednesday
Election: Sierra Leone police deploys 13,000 personnel
The general elections will hold on Wednesday
Gambian military arrests two top Jammeh generals after they return from exile
The army did not say why the two men returned to Gambia or on what charges they had been arrested
Four dead in plane crash in Cote d’Ivoire
A propeller-engine cargo plane crashed in the sea in Abidjan.
ECOWAS Court delivers 249 verdicts in 16 years
An official said that 318 cases had been filed before the court.
Explosion rocks gas station in Ghana
The explosion caused panic among residents of the area.
Mali Insecurity keeps over 150,000 children out of school
“The denial of their right to education has reached a crisis point.”
Togo blocks Internet as protesters march for second day
Protesters want the exit of President Faure Gnassingbe.
Sierra Leone to hold mass burial as death toll in mudslide nears 300
Some families were wiped out with no one to identify their bodies.
New French president, Macron, heads to West Africa
Mr. Macron will visit to bolster the fight against jihadists.
Demobilised ex-rebels block entrance to Ivory Coast’s second city
The protesters represent some 6,800 former fighters who were demobilised after Ivory Coast’s civil war in 2011.
ECOWAS, AU, UN to ensure Jammeh’s return when he chooses
President Adama Barrow has said he would return to The Gambia on Monday.
As Buhari, others visit, Gambian army seizes electoral office
President Muhammadu Buhari and three other West African leaders are in Gambia.
Liberia re-opens borders
The outbreak of the virus has reduced.
Sierra Leone fails to account for Ebola funds — Report
A report indicates that bad governance might have hindered the battle against the epidemic.