West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Guinea-Bissau holds close vote, Embalo seeks rare second term
Polls opened on Sunday for presidential and legislative elections in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau, with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo trying to become the first...
Read moreDetailsNigeria shuts some schools in Kwara state after church attack
Nigerian authorities have shut schools in five districts in central Kwara state, fearing they could be targets of armed gangs...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau’s Embalo faces tough re-election bid after unstable first term
Incumbent Umaro Sissoco Embalo faces surprisingly strong competition in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election on Sunday, a contest unfolding against the backdrop of a...
Read moreDetailsNigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism
A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a...
Read moreDetailsJNIM terrorists kill at least 10 soldiers in Niger, sources say
Militants from the al Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) killed at least 10 soldiers in an attack in western...
Read moreDetailsRussia’s Putin to meet Togo’s president in the Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Togo's president, Faure Gnassingbe, in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks that will focus...
Read moreDetailsOne of 25 abducted Nigerian girls escapes captivity
One of 25 schoolgirls abducted from a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state has escaped captivity and returned home,...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s inflation rate drops to 16% in October
Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that the country’s headline inflation rate dropped further to 16.05 per cent...
Read moreDetailsNGO accuses Nestle of higher added sugar in baby products sold in Africa
Swiss NGO Public Eye on Tuesday accused Nestle of double standards by alleging that the company sells infant cereal in Africa...
Read moreDetailsBoeing says Air Senegal will purchase nine 737-MAX planes
Boeing said on Monday that Air Senegal will purchase nine Boeing 737-MAX aircraft under a deal signed at the Dubai Airshow....
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