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Nigeria has approved a 15% import duty on petrol and diesel, according to a presidential memo seen by Reuters on...

The Gambian government has issued a stern warning to former exiled president Yahya Jammeh following his recent announcement that he...

Nigeria's Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday the United States had revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year...

Kenyan authorities have intercepted a massive drug shipment in a high-seas operation supported by INTERPOL, seizing more than one tonne...

Nigeria will impose fines of up to 12 million naira ($8,200) and jail terms of up to 10 years on...

Liberia has replaced its mining minister and top mining regulator, the office of President Joseph Boakai announced, as the West...

Violent protests broke out in Tanzania's biggest city, Dar es Salaam, on Wednesday during an election President Samia Suluhu Hassan...

The United States warned Americans in Mali on Tuesday to leave the country immediately using commercial flights, as its government...

In the West African republic of Bénin, the constitutional court has ruled to exclude the principal opposition party, Les Démocrates,...

Cameroon's opposition leaders rejected presidential election results that extended President Paul Biya's rule for another seven years, saying the outcome did not...