GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Over 40 people have died in demonstrations in Democratic Republic of Congo against President Joseph Kabila's refusal to...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Over 40 people have died in demonstrations in Democratic Republic of Congo against President Joseph Kabila's refusal to...
BAMAKO: A female French-Swiss aid worker was kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali on Saturday afternoon, a spokesman for the...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s army has driven Boko Haram militants out of their strongest hideout in the dreaded Sambisa Forest, President Muhammadu Buhari said...
Abuja: The Nigerian army has defeated Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest, one of the jihadists' last remaining strongholds, President Muhammadu Buhari said...
Kinshasa: Hopes of a deal to end DR Congo's dangerous political crisis before Christmas were faltering Saturday after fruitless all-night talks over President...
Bamako: West Africa's regional bloc has put standby forces on alert in case Gambian president Yahya Jammeh does not step down when his...
Luanda: Angola declared the end of the world's worst yellow fever epidemic in a generation on Friday after a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign of...
Accra: Five people were killed and dozens injured following an explosion and fire at a gas station in Ghana's capital Accra, the police...
Chibok: A GROUP of 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants in October after two-and-a-half years in captivity in northeastern Nigeria were...
Kinshasa: A DEAL aimed at ending DR Congo's political crisis caused by President Joseph Kabila's clinging to power is close but will not...
Lagos: Nigerian troops have rescued 1,880 civilians from a Boko Haram redoubt in the restive northeast in the past week and arrested hundreds...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: The Congolese National Police on Wednesday announced the official death toll of protests that followed the end of...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria has approved a policy that offers protection for anyone who blew whistle on corruption acts as well as reward whistle...
BANJUL, Gambia: The hearing of a petition seeking to annul the results of Gambia’s recent presidential elections filed by the small nation’s strongman...
JUBA, South Sudan: South Sudan hopes to agree on border demarcation, oil deal and power generation with its northern neighbor Sudan, key among...
Katiola, Ivory Coast: Gerard, a bright-eyed eight-year-old with closely-cropped hair, tucks into his meal, showing no signs of thinking about how very close...
BANJUL: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh vowed to stay in power when his mandate ends in January, defying calls from West African leaders to...
LAGOS, Nigeria: A video showing dozens of Nigerian soldiers complaining about lack of food and water at their camp has surfaced on social...