A former army private admitted at a trial on Tuesday that he had helped transport a hit squad to assassinate Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, 34 years ago. The trial unfolding at a military court in Ouagadougou is being…

Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor has filed a lawsuit against his country's government over its "refusal" to pay his pension and retirement benefits. Mr. Taylor was jailed for 50-years for war crimes he committed in neighboring Sierra Leone. More details…

Guinea's military leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has appointed a prominent campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) as foreign minister, in his latest change since taking power last month. The West African state's new diplomatic chief is Morissanda Kouyate, who last…

The Gambia’s United Democratic Party has condemned Monday’s arrest of a leader of the former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Party. The party described as illegal the deployment of personnel of the Gambia Police Force to forcefully enter…

G20 countries have received 15 times more COVID-19 vaccine doses per capita than countries in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new analysis. The analysis, conducted by science analytics company Airfinity, exposes the severity of vaccine inequity between high-income and low-income…

Liberia has committed toward fighting against breast cancer and other diseases that affect women largely.  This commitment was made by President George Weah, during a program marking the breast cancer awareness campaign organized by his wife, first lady in collaboration…

The third poll by the International Republican Institute’s Center for Insights in Survey Research in Sierra Leone finds that citizens are fairly evenly divided about the direction of the country. This is despite strong personal economic optimism and support for…