More than 150,000 migrants and refugees made the crossing to Europe from Libya in each of the past three years... READ MORE›
Mali has announced the postponement of regional elections scheduled for December to April, amid security concerns following attacks by armed groups... READ MORE›
ACROSS AFRICA In this week's edition protests in Togo continue and hundreds are forced to cross the border into Ghana the Triplets Ghetto Kids show u..... READ MORE›
Libyan militia commanders and officials have said many West Africans fought with the Islamic State in Libya before its defeat there... READ MORE›
An investigation by Red Cross auditors has revealed that in Liberia 2.7m disappeared in fraudulently overpriced supplies, or in salaries for non-existent aid workers... READ MORE›
Expanding US drone strikes to Niger would be a major boost to American counterterrorism measures in the region... READ MORE›
A United Nations Security Council delegation was in Mali on Saturday to discuss the force... READ MORE›
Four crew members were killed when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the Ivory Coast... READ MORE›
U.S. officials say they believe extremists linked to the Islamic State group were responsible for the attack about 200 kilometers 120 miles north of Niger's capital, Niamey... READ MORE›
The vessel arrived on Tuesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital and largest city, which is a major port on the Atlantic Ocean... READ MORE›
Kadi Bah saw people starving in the Sahara desert and drowning in the Mediterranean during her failed six-month odyssey to reach Europe... READ MORE›
Togo is now the only West African country to never have had a democratic change in government, nor term limits for its leaders... READ MORE›
Togolese president, Faure Gnassingbe, has requested the cancellation of an Israeli-Africa summit scheduled for next month in the West African country, the Associated Press reports... READ MORE›
Hundreds of West African soldiers had previously deployed to the Gambian border to back Barrow in a showdown with Jammeh... READ MORE›
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has declared a state of emergency, just two days before he is supposed to cede power after losing elections last month... READ MORE›
The leaders of Guinea and Mauritania headed for The Gambia on Friday for talks with Jammeh ahead of a deadline for him to leave power... READ MORE›
West African leaders are in The Gambia to try to persuade Yahya Jammeh to cede power to his elected successor... READ MORE›
West African nations have deployed troops in The Gambia threatening to drive him out of office by force... READ MORE›
Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in as Ghana's new president on Saturday, in a ceremony attended by dozens of African leaders... READ MORE›
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite the threat of military intervention by neighbouring states... READ MORE›
Sierra Leone's national broadcaster announced late Monday that the death toll had risen above 300... READ MORE›
Hundreds of people are feared dead after a mudslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, officials and witnesses say... READ MORE›
The Gambia, a tiny, tourism-reliant country in West Africa, typically averages around 4,000 visitors a week during its peak month of January... READ MORE›
Troops from neighboring Senegal moved to the border with Gambia, a tiny West African country on the Atlantic Ocean... READ MORE›
Ghana's new president, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be sworn in on Saturday after beating incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama in elections last month... READ MORE›
West African heads of state to arrive in Banjul to ask President Jammeh to step down, according to Senegalese official... READ MORE›
According to Niger's government, the rains have killed at least 44 people in Niamey and other parts of the West African country since June... READ MORE›
Yahya Jammeh had conceded result to Adama Barrow but now claims 'fresh and transparent elections' are needed... READ MORE›
Mali has faced repeated attacks from militants linked to al-Qaeda and other factions, but the Islamic State does not have major footholds in the region... READ MORE›
Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists... READ MORE›
Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE›
President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops fighting armed groups in the West African country of Mali on Friday, during his first official visit outside Europe... READ MORE›
The African Union announced that it would no longer recognize Mr. Jammeh as president as of Inauguration Day... READ MORE›
Among the African contingent that ranked behind Benin and Liberia were Nigeria 25, Mozambique 29, Mali 30, Zambia 32, Sierra Leone 37, Cameroon 43, and Equatorial Guinea 50 ... READ MORE›
The Supreme Court of Gambia cannot rule on President Yahya Jammeh's challenge against his electoral defeat until May, according to its chief justice... READ MORE›
Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE›
NAIROBI -- About a year and a half after it emerged, the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has officially ended... READ MORE›
A two-day mutiny by soldiers in nine cities across Ivory Coast ended peacefully on Saturday after the government pledged to improve troops' salaries and living conditions... READ MORE›
Yahya Jammeh, president of the West African nation, has been in power since he staged a coup 22 years ago... READ MORE›
How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across west Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram?... READ MORE›
Winner of presidential vote heads to Bamako as last-ditch regional attempts to persuade Yahya Jammeh to step down fail... READ MORE›
We recommend that efforts be put in place for containment of a potential west African TB epidemic at the earliest possible stage... READ MORE›
Although the declaration was written to provide Jammeh with maximum protection, it doesn't give him amnesty, according to international human rights lawyer Reed Brody... READ MORE›
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