On Sunday, Nigerian policemen repelled an attack by unknown gunmen on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the southeastern state of Enugu....
Police have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma. Protesters on Wednesday were calling for authorities to...
There are reports that some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that contested the Zamfara state’s House of Assembly seats have dumped the opposition party....
The Gambia’s Vice President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Wednesday. Joof, 65, was appointed vice president of...
Police in Uganda are holding a pastor and three of its officers following a case in which a Latvian woman was allegedly raped and defrauded of...
Ian Kagame, son of Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has joined the national army and has subsequently been deployed into the Rwanda Defense Forces Presidential Guard. The...
The government of Cote d’Ivoire, through its National Boundary Commission, has joined forces with Ghana’s Boundary Commission to combat illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey...
A 32-year-old Burkinabe scrap dealer is fighting for his life in the hospital after he used a solution glue to seal his genital opening. Musah Seidu...
Fallou Ngom was born in the small West African country of Senegal in 1960. His father, Shaykh Ngom, was a local trader who traveled frequently between...
The political situation in both countries at the time The late Shehu Shagari was then president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, an African giant in...