EX-UK DIPLOMAT GETS 'ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE'

She was posted to the Sierra Leonean capital only two weeks in April 2014 when the disease struck having started in neighbouring Liberia and Guinea... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM CLAIMS FIRST MAJOR ATTACK IN BORNO, SHEKAU VOWS 'NO RETREAT'

The Joint Multinational Force in charge of fighting Boko Haram, has 10,000 soldiers from Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and Niger... READ MORE›

MALI: THREE UN PEACEKEEPERS DIE IN ATTACK BY AL-QAIDA AFFILIATE

Mali three UN peacekeepers die in attack by Al-Qaida affiliate... READ MORE›

U.S. WARY OF FRENCH PUSH FOR U.N. TO BACK SAHEL FORCE

The African Union and the secretary-general have asked the council to authorize this Sahel force, France's U.N... READ MORE›

WEST AFRICA A SOURCE OF DEMOCRATIC HOPE FOR AFRICA, WORLD - EU'S MOGHERINI

As democracy continues to spread here in West Africa, free elections have become a common feature, peaceful transitions of power are not an exception any more... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 44 MIGRANTS DIE EN ROUTE TO EUROPE

At least 44 migrants have been found dead at Agadez in Niger about 1000km from Niamey... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON VOWS TO STEP UP FRENCH FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMISTS IN AFRICA

Visiting Mali days after taking office, Macron vowed to keep French troops in the Sahel region until there was no more Islamist terrorism there... READ MORE›

MACRON SAYS FRANCE UNCOMPROMISING IN FIGHT AGAINST JIHADISTS IN MALI

Aside, Mali, the 3,000-strong force is fighting insurgents in the entire Sahel region comprising Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania... READ MORE›

EMMANUEL MACRON VISITS FRENCH TROOPS POSTED TO MALI ON ANTI-JIHAD MISSION

France's president Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a scheduled visit to French-led military forces fighting jihadist groups in West Africa... READ MORE›

MACRON SET TO VISIT MALI'S RESTIVE NORTH TO BOOST TROOPS' MORALE, URGE UNIFIED FIGHT AGAINST TERROR

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visits conflict-torn Mali, where French troops have been fighting jihadis for four years, in his first official visit o... READ MORE›

FATE OF 'FRANCAFRIQUE' WITH NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON

Aside, Mali, the 3,000-strong force is fighting insurgents in the entire Sahel region comprising Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania... READ MORE›

WEST AFRICAN TRADITIONAL WRESTLERS LOCK HORNS IN SENEGAL'S CAPITAL

Nigeria won the first ECOWAS tournament held in Dakar in 2008... READ MORE›

CHIBOK GIRLS IN HEALTH CHECKUPS BEFORE BUHARI MEETING

The Nigerian government said it was committed to securing the release of all hostages held by Boko Haram... READ MORE›

NIGERIA PRISONER SWAP SECURES RELEASE OF 82 CHIBOK GIRLS

Boko Haram's Shekau has previously said the girls would be released if militant fighters held in Nigerian government custody were freed... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM RELEASES 82 KIDNAPPED GIRLS AFTER THREE YEARS

Nigeria Boko Haram releases 82 kidnapped girls after three years... READ MORE›

IS THE JOLLOF RICE WAR OVER? NIGERIAN VICE PRESIDENT ASSUMES CONQUEST

Online YNaija April 29, 2017 We all know that Nigerian Jollof rice is the best!... READ MORE›

FRENCH FORCES KILL MILITANTS IN MALI FOREST

France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured more than 20 militants in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso... READ MORE›

THE GROWING HORROR IN A CITY WHERE 500 CHILDREN WERE KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM

The growing horror in a city where 500 children were kidnapped by Boko Haram... READ MORE›

NIGERIA LAUNCHES 48-HOUR ONLINE VISA APPLICATION SYSTEM

The move to ease visa rules in the West African country follows complaints from foreign executives that obstructive embassy officials made it difficult to enter the country... READ MORE›

U.N. FEARS DEATHS FROM MASS STARVATION IN HORN OF AFRICA, YEMEN AND NIGERIA

U.N. fears deaths from mass starvation in Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria... READ MORE›

BURKINA FASO-NIGERIA FRIENDLY CANCELLED OVER UK VISAS

Seven Burkina Faso players failed to secure UK entry visas, forcing Monday's football match in London to be cancelled... READ MORE›

NIGERIA'S VICE-PRESIDENT AND A FRAGILE PEACE IN THE DELTA

Out of all his stops during Buhari's 49-day absence, Osinbajo's trips to the Niger delta... READ MORE›

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AFRICAN LEADERS HEAD TO THE GAMBIA FOR MEDIATION TALKS

West African heads of state to arrive in Banjul to ask President Jammeh to step down, according to Senegalese official... READ MORE›

ARMY SEARCHING FOR CHIBOK GIRLS SEIZED BY BOKO HARAM

'Final defeat' Boko Haram's insurgency began in Maiduguri, though it has since spread beyond Nigeria's borders to Chad, Cameroon and Niger... READ MORE›

Shekau's best-known crime is the kidnapping of more than 300 Nigerian girls... READ MORE›

6 CANADIANS FROM QUEBEC KILLED IN ATTACK ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL

Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE WHY JOAN COLLINS CHOSE TO CONFIDE IN BRAVE MISS WORLD FILMMAKER LINOR ABARGIL ABOUT TEENAGE RAPE TRAUMA

But he added that there were still, by some estimates, 1,000 to 2,000 new Ebola cases a week -- the bulk of those now in Guinea and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

BURKINA FASO SECURITY FORCES ATTACK HOTEL

Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE›

CRACKDOWN IN NIGER FAILS TO DETER MIGRANT SMUGGLERS

As many as 2,000 migrants leave Agadez weekly, the last big stop before reaching Libya, 620 miles away across the scorching sand... READ MORE›

GAMBIA CRISIS INTENSIFIES BEFORE THURSDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Yahya Jammeh, president of the West African nation, has been in power since he staged a coup 22 years ago... READ MORE›

TELEGRAPH INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI OF NIGERIA

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›

ADAMA BARROW HEADS TO MALI FOR GAMBIA CRISIS TALKS

Winner of presidential vote heads to Bamako as last-ditch regional attempts to persuade Yahya Jammeh to step down fail... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM FALLS VICTIM TO A FOOD CRISIS IT CREATED

Such attacks are becoming increasingly common in the areas bordering Boko Haram's base in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

OBAMAS POWER AFRICA PROJECT IS OFF TO A SPUTTERING START

Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM SAID TO USE MORE CHILDREN AS BOMBERS

Boko Haram used 44 children in suicide attacks last year, compared with only four in 2014, the report found... READ MORE›

ICELAND DEPORTS BOKO HARAM VICTIM FROM NIGERIA

World Refugee Day Meet the Nigerian who was kicked out of Iceland and now remains in limbo in Sweden over deportation... READ MORE›

TROOPS FROM CHAD AND NIGER TAKE ON BOKO HARAM

Facing direct engagement from government forces, Boko Haram has reverted to old tactics, bombing so-called soft targets in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri... READ MORE›

US PLANS TO PUT ADVISERS ON FRONT LINES OF NIGERIAS WAR ON BOKO HARAM

Drone photos recently helped the Nigerian Army avoid a major Boko Haram ambush, according to a senior American intelligence officer... READ MORE›

'HUGE RISE' IN CHILD SUICIDE BOMBERS

Girls, who are often drugged, were behind three-quarters of such attacks committed by the militant Islamist group in Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad... READ MORE›

FROM NIGERIA TO BURMAS JUNGLE

A few months before he was shot as an enemy soldier in its sweltering jungles 16-year-old Nigerian Isaac Fadoyebo had never even heard of Burma... READ MORE›

'I AM LIBERIAN, NOT A VIRUS'

She says We are Liberians, Sierra Leoneans, Guineans and Nigerians... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN SURGEON AND HIS WIFE KIDNAPPED IN BURKINA FASO

An Australian couple have nbsp been kidnapped by Islamic extremists in west Africa, a spokesman for the Burkina Faso government has confirmed. nbsp... READ MORE›

DOG SAVES CHILDREN S LIVES DURING ROAD RAGE SHOOTING

As for meeting the United Nations' interim treatment goal, Guinea and Liberia are believed to be treating more than 70 percent of known Ebola patients... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM KILLS 18 WOMEN AT A FUNERAL IN NIGERIA

Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 18 people at a funeral in northeast Nigeria, a witness and a police official have said... READ MORE›

'NEARLY 200 REFUGEES DIE OF STARVATION' IN NIGERIA CAMP

Her team reached Bama on Tuesday following a military convoy from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital that is the headquarters of Nigeria's military campaign... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM MURDER 24 AT VILLAGE FUNERAL - MOSTLY WOMEN

Boko Haram militants have killed 24 people, mostly women, as they mourned at a funeral in a village in northern Nigeria, looting and burning their houses down... READ MORE›

BURKINA FASO COUP TO BE REVERSED AS VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE

The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso's membership and given leaders until Tuesday to restore the former government... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM'S USE OF CHILD 'SUICIDE' BOMBERS SKYROCKETED LAST YEAR

The number of children forced by Boko Haram militants to blow themselves up as suicide bombers increased more than tenfold last year... READ MORE›

NIGER FEELS RIPPLE EFFECT OF BOKO HARAM AS FEARS OF FOOD SHORTAGE SPREAD

We have underestimated the scale and complexity of the crisis in northern Nigeria, said Peter Lundberg, the United Nations' deputy humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria... READ MORE›

92 BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS KILLED IN NIGERIA

In January, at least 86 people were killed in a series of attacks on a village in northeastern Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram fighters... READ MORE›

83 NIGERIAN SOLDIERS MISSING AFTER BOKO HARAM ATTACK

Senior military officers say 83 soldiers are missing after Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked a remote base in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

PENTAGON SETTING UP DRONE BASE IN AFRICA TO TRACK BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS

Nigeria is in the process of establishing a multinational force to fight Boko Haram with soldiers from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin... READ MORE›