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›

PLA NAVY, ON HUMANITARIAN MISSION, VISITS SIERRA LEONE[1]

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›

TOGO PRESIDENT REQUESTS CANCELLATION OF ISRAEL-AFRICA SUMMIT AMID UNREST

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›

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›

GAMBIA: YAHYA JAMMEH GETS A FINAL DEADLINE TO STEP DOWN

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›

JAMMEH GIVEN LAST CHANCE TO RESIGN AS TROOPS CLOSE IN

West African leaders are in The Gambia to try to persuade Yahya Jammeh to cede power to his elected successor... READ MORE›

GAMBIA'S PRESIDENT JAMMEH REFUSES TO LEAVE OFFICE AS DEADLINE PASSES

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite the threat of military intervention by neighbouring states... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 300 DEAD IN SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING[1]

Sierra Leone's national broadcaster announced late Monday that the death toll had risen above 300... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD IN MUDSLIDE NEAR FREETOWN

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a mudslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, officials and witnesses say... READ MORE›

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›

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›

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›

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›

BENIN, LIBERIA LEAD AFRICA IN RANKING AT MAIDEN GLOBAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION

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›

SIERRA LEONE IS FREE OF EBOLA, 18 MONTHS AND 11,000 DEATHS AFTER OUTBREAK

NAIROBI -- About a year and a half after it emerged, the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has officially ended... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE EBOLA NURSES ON STRIKE

The clinic, in Bandajuma near Bo, is the only Ebola treatment centre in southern Sierra Leone... 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›

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›

GENOME STUDIES SHOW HOW EBOLA SPREAD INITIALLY

It has continued to be among the versions of the virus propagating in Guinea and later in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

BRITONS IN GAMBIA ON ALERT AMID COUP FEARS AFTER PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH REJECTS ELECTION OF FORMER ARGOS SECURITY GUARD

British holidaymakers in Gambia were warned to be on alert today amid warnings that the west African nation was facing a potentially violent military coup... 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›

THE GAMBIA'S PRESIDENT URGED TO ACCEPT DEFEAT BY NEW GOVERNMENT

The gambia life goes on in banjul as yahya jammeh clings to power... READ MORE›

MILITARY IN BURKINA FASO CONFIRMS COUP

While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from extremist violence, a Romanian national was abducted in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group claimed responsibility... READ MORE›

MILITARY UNITS IN BURKINA FASO STAND READY TO QUELL COUP

Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, was a French colony until 1960... READ MORE›

FINAL TEST RESULTS CONFIRM EBOLA VACCINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the years, and this is the first one proven to work... READ MORE›

Guinea reported its lowest weekly total of new confirmed Ebola virus disease cases since the week ending 17 August 2014, WHO said... 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›

GOVERNMENT 'TO MATCH ?5M EBOLA CASH'

Mr Saeed also warned of other risks in West Africa as health workers focus on fighting Ebola... READ MORE›