West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Senegal party that controls parliament comes out against revised budget bill
Senegal's Pastef party, which holds a large majority in the National Assembly, said it would not pass the government's revised...
Read moreDetailsUganda to impose 21-day quarantine on returning citizens with Congo travel history
Ugandan citizens returning to the country with a history of travel to Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for...
Read moreDetailsGuinea’s ex-Constitutional Court president sentenced to seven years in jail
The former president of Guinea's Constitutional Court, Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in prison by...
Read moreDetailsNigeria reports Ebola case as outbreak reaches West Africa
Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade on Tuesday, becoming the fourth African country and the...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s Dangote buys 25% stake in Kenya’s oil pipeline network
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said on Wednesday that his company had bought a 25% stake in Kenya Pipeline Company to move...
Read moreDetailsNigeria reports first Ebola case in a decade in woman who arrived from Uganda
Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in about a decade on Tuesday after a foreign woman living in the capital...
Read moreDetailsBurkina Faso parliament votes to restore death penalty
Burkina Faso's parliament adopted a revised penal code on Tuesday that restores the death penalty, nearly a decade after the...
Read moreDetailsSenegal debt crisis: Sonko warns G20 plan could backfire
Senegal’s opposition figure and head of the parliamentary majority, Ousmane Sonko, has criticised the government’s decision to use a G20-backed...
Read moreDetailsReport says Mali forces, Russian backers kill scores of civilians in drone strikes
Mali's armed forces and their Russian backers utilized some "apparent indiscriminate" drone strikes and other abuses as part of an...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s inflation rate eases slightly in September, data shows
Nigeria's consumer inflation slowed slightly to 14.63% year-on-year in September from 15.39% in August, the statistics office said on Thursday....
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