The East African Community (EAC) has kicked-off national launches of the 50 Million African Women Speak Networking Platform (50MAWS). This is a dig...
When Mariatu Sesay realised she was pregnant at 14, one thing scared her more than the social isolation she felt in the classroom: Sierra Leone law ba...
China has raised eyebrows after announcing a $31.6 million grant for a regional headquarters in Nigeria. The Economic Community of West African St...
Initial results were expected Thursday in Liberia's landmark presidential poll, the country's first democratic transfer of power in decades, pitting f...
The move by West African nations to force out of power long-time Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh should be a wake-up call to our own regional leaders – ...
Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh accused West African regional body ECOWAS of declaring war, after it said it was putting forces on alert in case he refuse...
African leaders have adopted plans to trial a new passport that is expected to ease trade and movement of people across the continent. This follows...
A U.N. peacekeeping mission that was sent to Liberia in 2003 to restore order after two brutal civil wars withdrew on Thursday, beginning a new phase ...
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has assumed the leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), promising to consolidat...
Thirty soldiers from Niger and two from Nigeria were killed in a Boko Haram attack by "hundreds of assailants" on Friday on the southeastern town of B...
Thirty soldiers from Niger and two from Nigeria were killed in a Boko Haram attack by "hundreds of assailants" on Friday on the southeastern town of B...
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for increased trade and investment between Kenya and Ghana in the spirit of Pan-Africanism. “Let us continue ...
By Mboneko Munyaga, East African News Agency, Arusha, Tanzania Former dictator, Hissene Habre (74) was President of Chad from 1982 - 90 during whi...
West African nations need stronger laws and better data to fight the trafficking of thousands of people for sexual exploitation, forced labour, recrui...
Torn between staying at home in Nigeria to help his widowed mother or setting off to find work to fund an engineering course, teenager James Boyon was...
Burkina Faso's interim President Michel Kafando, who was taken hostage during a coup a week ago, said on Wednesday he was back in power and had restor...
West African leaders and their military chiefs will travel to Burkina Faso today to reinstate interim President Michel Kafando amid a standoff between...
Burkina Faso's constitutional council on Saturday dismissed two election candidates close to ousted President Blaise Compaore, but allowed other membe...
An ex-prime minister and several ministers were among 22 candidates who registered for Burkina Faso's October election, a court said on Saturday, mean...
This comes barely a week after long time ruler Blaise Compaore resigned after pressure from the people. The Economic Community of West African Sta...