The Nigeria Democratic Congress in Enugu is in open conflict with the state electoral commission and with one of its own members, and both disputes could keep the party off...

The Nigeria Police Force says it has killed a suspected gang leader connected to the murder of an Imo traditional ruler and five other people. The suspect, Ojiogu Elumah Martin,...

Nigeria and the Republic of Benin are stepping up security ties to tackle cross-border crime and keep West Africa’s borders and waters safer. The agreement came after a three-day working...

Just months after stepping down as president, Patrice Talon is back in a top leadership role in Benin. On Thursday, Talon was elected as the country’s first-ever senate president. The...

President Bola Tinubu says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is headed for a major overhaul — including a public listing on the Nigerian Exchange. He made the announcement on...

A court in Senegal has handed prison terms to three TikTok influencers after finding them guilty of insulting President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, according to their lawyer. The ruling was announced...

Ghana has a new defence minister, almost exactly a year after a military helicopter crash killed the last person to hold the job. President John Dramani Mahama moved Kenneth Gilbert...

The editor-in-chief of Ethiopia's prominent independent news site, Addis Standard, was abducted and held by security forces last weekend, the site's publisher Jakken Publishing reported on Thursday. According to the...

A retired officer of the Department of State Services, Nwaogu Ezeakolam, was on Wednesday arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged links to the Indigenous People of...

Congolese health teams are screening all 255 people on board the Yingfeng 2 after stopping the vessel on the Congo River, about 65km upstream from Kinshasa. The boat, run by...