Four individuals in Tunisia have been condemned to death, while two others received life imprisonment for their involvement in the assassination of opposition figure Chokri Belaid over a decade ago. ...

The son of a past president of Guinea-Bissau has been handed a prison term exceeding six and a half years after being found guilty of participating in an international heroin trafficking...

In a significant blow to criminal activities plaguing Northern Nigeria, the Nigerian Military has successfully neutralised notorious bandit leader Dogo Gide.  The operation took place in the dense Madada Forest,...

Mali's ruling junta has banned the activities of a rare new opposition coalition in Bamako citing "threats of disturbance to public order," according to an official statement on Tuesday. Since...

General Abdourahamane Tiani, the leader of Niger's military regime, held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss "enhancing security cooperation," as stated in an official...

The Nigerian Army has fixed a date for the burial of 17 soldiers killed while on a peacekeeping mission in Delta State. In a statement on Tuesday, the Army noted...

Ethiopia's largest bank announced that it has recouped nearly three-quarters of the $14 million it lost due to a technical glitch allowing customers to withdraw more funds than they possessed...

 Several people have been killed in Liberia in an accident at an abandoned gold mine, the West African country's mines minister said on Tuesday. Minister Wilmot Paye said on Tuesday...

Schools in Mozambique's capital city are being forced to close for a week after heavy rains caused widespread flooding to buildings and roads. The closures affect all of Maputo's state...

Frank Geng-Quangrong, a 47-year-old Chinese national, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Kano High Court for the murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, aged 22.  The...