West Africa

Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter - seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. Nigeria's government...

Mali will not be able to complete a 30 billion CFA franc ($52 million) sale of T-bills this week because...

The authorities in Burkina Faso have announced the arrest of eight soldiers who are accused of plotting a coup. Among...

From 300 to 400 Russian mercenaries are operating in central Mali, a senior French armed forces ministry official said, challenging...

Airlines from neighbouring countries and former colonial ruler France cancelled flights to Mali on Monday, helping isolate a military junta...

Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state and a leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, delcared on...

West African leaders have imposed sanctions on Mali after the country’s military government announced a long delay to elections originally...

The U.N. Security Council got five new members Tuesday, as Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates formally...

The Nigerian Government has finally designated bandits as terrorists after a court gave the order. A government gazette announcing the...

Nigeria’s police could not account for thousands of firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles, an audit report published by the auditor...