At least six of the 11 West Africans deported to Ghana as part of the US crackdown on immigration have been transferred to Togo, their lawyers have said. The group was in the process of suing Ghana...

Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of last week’s elections, in a huge comeback for the 85-year-old. Official results show that he won 57% of the vote, ...

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, hav...

Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament passed legislation banning the conduct deemed to promote LGBTQ practices, introducing fines, prison sentences and sanctions for persons convicted, its just...

…As VP Shettima receives PM Makosso, hails country’s leadership in Great Lakes region   Vice President Kashim Shettima has affirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening diplomatic ties...

South Africa’s criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo has been arrested and has appeared in court on allegations of fraud and corruption. Gen Khumalo was picked up on Thursday eveni...

Issa Tchiroma Bakary – a prominent minister and long-time ally of President Paul Biya – has quit Cameroon’s government, in the hope of ending 92-year-old Biya’s four-decade gri...

At least 16 people have been killed and 400 injured in Kenya as a nationwide demonstration to honour those killed during last year’s anti-government protests turned chaotic, with police clashing wit...

Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep concern over the slow pace of activating the ECOWAS Standby Force and urged West African leaders to move swiftly from concept to reality in the collectiv...

More than 200 gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead, the country’s defence ministry said. The attackers – descri...