West Africa

By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two students were on Monday charged in court with conspiracy and inciting public...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the country's parliament, accusing deputies of corruption among other issues,...

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali is pulling out of a multi-national military force in West Africa's Sahel region combatting an Islamist insurgency,...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's largest grouping of Christian churches on Friday condemned the killing of a female student who was...

By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) -A female Nigerian student was beaten to death and set on fire by fellow...

By Cooper Inveen ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana is committed to managing its debt without assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...

CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea's main opposition parties have rejected the ruling military junta's proposed 39-month democratic transition timeline, they said in...

LOME (Reuters) -Eight soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in an attack in northern Togo on Wednesday, the government said,...

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet ministers seeking to run in next...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least seven soldiers were killed and two others were missing in Nigeria after they were...

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has not endorsed a bid to have him seek a...

By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A group of European Union parliamentarians has asked the European Commission to open negotiations...

By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Militants freed around 60 prisoners during an attack on a jail in northwest Burkina...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian central bank governor Godwin Emefiele has not decided to run for president next...

By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) - As a disabled child growing up in Nigeria, Joshua Anum did not see internet...

MESEBERG, Germany (Reuters) -Germany will end its participation in the European Union training mission in Mali but is ready to...

By Seun Sanni MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he fully supported moves to expand...

CONAKRY (Reuters) -The military junta in Guinea said its transition back to civilian rule will probably take more than three...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an attack on a train in northern Nigeria are...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Senegal, South Africa, India and Indonesia will be invited as guest countries to attend the G7 summit...