West Africa

Burna Boy wins Best International Act at BET Awards

Burna Boy, the 29-year-old Nigerian star has been crowned this year’s winner of the Best International Act at the... Read more

28 Jun, 2021

French aid group Acted, whose activities in northeastern Nigeria have been suspended by authorities, on Sunday said none of... Read more

28 Jun, 2021

Laurent Gbagbo, the controversial former president of Ivory Coast, received a hero’s welcome, as he made a triumphant return... Read more

28 Jun, 2021

Six Malian soldiers were killed on Friday in a raid in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state,... Read more

27 Jun, 2021

Nigeria negotiations with Twitter are set to begin after President Muhammadu Buhari assigned a team to engage with the... Read more

25 Jun, 2021

A 12-year-old conflict in northeast Nigeria has caused the deaths of at least 324 000 children under five, mostly... Read more

24 Jun, 2021

A court in West Africa, the Ecowas Court of Justice in Abuja, has ordered Nigerian authorities not to prosecute... Read more

23 Jun, 2021

A Nigerian court has reportedly released singer Ahmad Abdul on bail after he was arrested last week on allegations... Read more

22 Jun, 2021

West Africa’s 15-nation member bloc, Ecowas, says it aims to launch a single currency in 2027 after its previous... Read more

21 Jun, 2021

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited a refugee camp in Burkina Faso, sheltering thousands of Malians who fled... Read more

21 Jun, 2021