West Africa

Togo has arrested and expelled Burkina Faso's former president to his home country after officials there accused him of attempting...

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has offered bonuses of more than $130,000 as well as plots of coastal land to...

Nigerian troops have rescued 62 hostages and killed two militants in separate operations across Kebbi and Zamfara states as part...

Nigerian police have rejected reports that worshippers were abducted from churches in Kaduna state on Sunday, insisting that no such...

Benin's political opposition has failed to win any seats in parliament, according to provisional election results released over the weekend,...

Guinea’s junta leader, General Mamadi Doumbouya was sworn in as president on Saturday, after an overwhelming win in December’s presidential...

After U.S. immigration agents detained Rabbiatu Kuyateh in July, she applied for protection from being deported to her native Sierra...

The International Monetary Fund's new mission chief for Senegal will make a short trip to the West African nation early...

Nigeria has hired a U.S. lobbying firm to help maintain U.S. support and counter what it has called misinformation by...

Isaline Attelly, a native of the Caribbean island of Martinique, had been living in Benin for nearly a year before...