Meetings aimed at promoting reconciliation opened in Conakry on Tuesday, six months after a military coup upset the country’s constitutional order. Dubbed the national conference, the meetings will be held over several weeks and will bring together political parties, youth…

The Gambia's information ministry says the deployment of ECOWAS Forces near the Gambia-Senegal is not a strategy to aid and abet anyone amid the war in the Senegalese Southern region of Cassmance. To that effect, the defense minister says the…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned a 2.5-billion U.S. dollar Dangote fertilizer plant in the country's Lagos Lekki Free Trade Zone. The president said the plant is an endorsement of his administration target of food sufficiency. He adds that…

In Côte d'Ivoire, former first lady Simone Gbagbo has said she does not agree with the conclusions of the national dialogue with political parties.  The talks which started on December 16 and ended on March 4, involved 21 opposition parties…

At least seven civilians were killed in the Dori region in northeastern Burkina Faso. This is the fifth attack in a few days in Burkina Faso. Three civilians and four civilian auxiliaries enlisted in the anti-jihadist fight were killed Monday during…