TOGOLESE PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO DEMAND PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION

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›

RED CROSS ADMITS EBOLA CASH LOST TO FRAUD

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›

CHINA IS A DEPENDABLE FRIEND TO SIERRA LEONE, SAYS PRESIDENT KOROMA

President Koroma entering the Chinese Ark Peace Hospital ship Sierra Leone's Preside... READ MORE›

NIGERIA'S PRAISED BUT UNPAID EBOLA HEROES

Dr Madiebo's next task was to co-ordinate a three-week monitoring period for those Nigerian Ebola volunteers on their return... READ MORE›

MAIDEN JOLLOF RICE FESTIVALS HELD IN WASHINGTON, LAGOS AND ACCRA

Teams of two to three people representing Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Liberia competed for the title... READ MORE›

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SIERRA LEONE APPEALS FOR URGENT HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

Paolo Conteh, the interior minister, told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remained missing... READ MORE›

Anyone arriving from affected West African countries without having had confirmed contact with Ebola victims will be subject to monitoring by public health officials... READ MORE›

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›

Abby Haglage in the Daily Beast says Dr Spencer's case could affect Ebola patients worldwide - by deterring would-be volunteers from travelling to West Africa to help... READ MORE›

3 WOMEN BLAMED FOR LAKE CHAD SUICIDE BOMBINGS THAT KILLED DOZENS

A Chad police spokesman said three female suicide bombers carried out Saturday's attack... READ MORE›

CANADA VISA BAN HITS WEST AFRICA STATES

Ebola crisis canada visa ban hits west africa states... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

In Sierra Leone, the hardest hit of any nation during the Ebola outbreak, nearly 4,000 people died from the disease altogether 14,000 were infected... READ MORE›

JUDGE BANS FATHER TAKING DAUGHTERS TO NIGERIA FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

Ceremonial robes worn during the cutting of external female genitals had been sent to her from the girls family in Nigeria the court heard... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF DISEASE

Dr Oliver Johnson, from the King's Sierra Leone partnership, worked at an Ebola clinic in Freetown, and has strong links with medical professionals there... READ MORE›

AFRICA SETS UP $28.5M CRISIS FUND

Of the West African countries hit by the 11-month outbreak, Liberia has seen the most deaths... 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›

'I AM LIBERIAN, NOT A VIRUS'

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

SURGEON WITH EBOLA ON FLIGHT TO U.S. FOR CARE

Martin Salia poses for a photo at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital outside Freetown, Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

NIGERIA'S ARMY SAYS IT HAS RESCUED 178 PEOPLE HELD CAPTIVE BY BOKO HARAM

Nigeria's army said late on Sunday that it rescued 178 people held by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria's Borno state the heartland of the insurgency... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE VILLAGERS SUE MINING COMPANY IN LONDON HIGH COURT

In written evidence gathered by Leigh Day, she said there were three AML men with the police, including its community relations officer, Yallan Atkins Koroma... READ MORE›

SCI-FI, CREATIVE WRITING AND WIZARDS AFRICA'S BEST AUTHORS DISCUSS MODERN LITERATURE

Masande Ntshanga, South Africa, for Space Masande Ntshanga is the winner of the 2013 Pen International new voices award... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

WHO commends the government and people of Sierra Leone for the significant achievement of ending this Ebola outbreak, he said... READ MORE›

One volunteer, Dr Geraldine O'Hara, an infectious diseases specialist from Huddersfield, has recorded a series of audio diaries while she is in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

NIGERIAN EROTICA: HOW THE CHURCH LEADER BECAME A SEX SYMBOL

The author, Obinna Udenwe, is the first to eroticise the Nigerian church in fiction, according to Edoro... READ MORE›

EBOLA: WHO UNDER FIRE OVER RESPONSE TO EPIDEMIC

Unexpected And the very planning that went into preparing for an influenza pandemic seems have to worked against the WHO during West Africa's Ebola outbreak... READ MORE›

At least 6,533 people have died of the virus in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, according to the World Health Organization... READ MORE›

NIGERIAS NEW PRESIDENT HOPING TO HOST OBAMA VISITS WHITE HOUSE INSTEAD

Grant Harris, Mr. Obama's Africa adviser, said the invitation to Mr. Buhari should make clear how much Mr. Obama values Nigeria... READ MORE›

JUDGE REJECTS ISOLATION FOR U.S. NURSE WHO TREATED EBOLA PATIENTS

Only one person in the United States is currently being treated for Ebola, a New York doctor, Craig Spencer, who cared for patients in West Africa... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

Nearly 4,000 people have died in Sierra Leone of Ebola since the outbreak began in late 2013... READ MORE›

OBAMA URGES NIGERIA PRESIDENT TO FIGHT TERRORISM

Praising Nigeria for holding free elections this year President Obama urged the winner of that contest Monday to develop that nation's economy and defeat terrorism... READ MORE›

'AT THE FIRST SIGHT OF A DICTATOR THE AFRICAN UNION LOSES ITS BACKBONE'

You cannot have moral authority with 91-year-old president-for-life Robert Mugabe at the helm, says Justice Malala as leaders meet in South Africa... READ MORE›

EBOLA OUTBREAK: GUINEA CONFIRMS TWO NEW CASES

The new cases were reported by the World Health Organization WHO hours after it declared the latest Ebola flare-up to be over in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

EBOLA PATIENT CRAIG SPENCER'S CONDITION UPGRADED TO 'STABLE'

She had not come into known contact with Ebola patients while in Africa, the officials added... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA TO HELP MANAGE A UK FIELD HOSPITAL IN SIERRA LEONE REPORTS

Ebola Australia to help manage a UK field hospital in Sierra Leone reports... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE ABORTION BILL BLOCKED BY PRESIDENT BAI KOROMA AGAIN

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has again refused to sign a bill legalising abortion, saying it should be put to a referendum... READ MORE›