West Africa

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dismissed any hint of a feud with Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko whose recent statements...

Nearly 250 imams and Islamic preachers joined a national awareness session against online hate speech Saturday and Sunday, following a...

Forty-four people in Nigeria have been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for financing the militant group Boko...

Nigeria's former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa's most populous country from 2015 to 2023 and was the first Nigerian...

Nigeria's foreign minister said the United States was pressuring African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, some straight out of prison, but Africa's...

The U.S revised its visa reciprocity policy for Nigeria and Ghana, limiting tourist, business and academic travellers to single-entry visas valid for...

President Donald Trump was basking in the praise of a group of African leaders on Wednesday, many of them speaking a different...

Nigerian security forces killed at least 30 bandits in coordinated counter-operations in the Faskari district of Katsina state in the country's northwest,...

Located in north-central Niger, the Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve is one of the largest protected areas in Africa,...

Ghana's president launched a special task force on Tuesday to combat rampant illegal gold mining and smuggling that has long...