West Africa
Germany to invite India, Indonesia, Senegal, S Africa to G7 summit
BERLIN (Reuters) - Senegal, South Africa, India and Indonesia will be invited as guest countries to attend the G7 summit...
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UN chief calls for debt relief, post-COVID investment on W. Africa trip
By Nellie Peyton DAKAR (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more...
Read moreRussian returned home in prisoner swap with U.S. says he was tortured in Liberia
(Reuters) - A Russian pilot who returned to Moscow from the United States this week as part of a prisoner...
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‘Our hands are tied’: Liberia grapples with heaps of city waste
By Carielle Doe MONROVIA (Reuters) - As the sun set over Liberia's vast West Point slum, youth leader Archie Gbezay...
Read moreMali says France violating its airspace to ‘spy’ on troops
BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali's military rulers have accused the French army of repeatedly violating a controlled airspace over the country's centre...
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Nigerian Senate outlaws ransom payments, sets death penalty for abductions
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Senate on Wednesday passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying...
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French army watches for bombs and potholes as it withdraws from Mali base
By Paul Lorgerie GOSSI, Mali (Reuters) - The French military left a remote base in northern Mali before dawn last...
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Nigeria conducts mass burial for victims of illegal refinery explosion
By Tife Owolabi IMO STATE, Nigeria (Reuters) - Dozens of charred bodies were buried in mass graves on Tuesday in...
Read moreAt least one killed in attack on north Benin police station
COTONOU (Reuters) - At least one police officer was killed and several wounded in an attack on a police station...
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Park rangers enter fray in West Africa’s battle with militants
By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - When a dozen suspected Islamist militants from a neighbouring country were spotted riding motorcycles...
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Nigeria’s opposition to pick presidential candidate at end of May
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday it will choose a presidential candidate at the...
Read moreGuinea and Burkina Faso juntas risk more sanctions over transition delays
CONAKRY/OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Guinea's ruling junta on Monday signalled it might break a deadline to set out its plans to...
Read moreIvory Coast police seize record cocaine haul, interior ministry says
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Police in Ivory Coast have seized a record haul of more than 2 tonnes...
Read moreBlast in northeastern Nigeria injures 11 people, say police
ABUJA (Reuters) - A blast in the capital of Nigeria's northeastern Taraba state on Friday evening injured 11 people including...
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Guinea’s ousted president Conde freed from house arrest
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's former president Alpha Conde has been freed from house arrest more than seven...
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U.N. says investigators prevented access to site of Mali killings
DAKAR (Reuters) -The United Nations is "extremely concerned" that Mali has prevented its investigators from visiting a town where local...
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Ivory Coast president names a largely unchanged but slimmer government
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara appointed a slimmed-down government of 32 ministers on Wednesday, down from 41,...
Read moreBlast kills three, injures 19 at Nigeria market
ABUJA (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 19 injured after an explosion at a crowded market in Nigeria's Taraba...
Read moreTwenty burnt to death in Nigeria road accident
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Twenty people, including children, were burnt to death after a public mini-bus collided with a car...
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Ivory Coast’s Ouattara names central banker as his vice president
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Nellie Peyton YAMOUSSOUKRO (Reuters) -Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has named Tiemoko Meyliet Kone, governor of...
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