Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou has been announced the 2020 winner of the $5m (£3.6m) Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. Mr Issoufou has served two five-year terms as president from 2011 to 2020. He is set to be succeeded by…

Senegal's opposition leader sonko ordered release from further detention. A judge in Dakar has ordered the release of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from further detention. Sonko has been in detention since last week Wednesday when he was arrested by the…

Six people including civilians were killed when security forces in northern Burkina Faso were ambushed by militants. A soldier and five civilians from the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP) were killed in the attack. "The Kourao VDP…

Togo and Ghana are considering a strategy to allow the reopening of their common borders.  Ghana closed its sea, land and air borders on March 22, 2020, as part of efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. While the air…

Lawyers for former Liberian rebel leader Aliu Kosiah, currently standing trial in Switzerland for war crimes will continue the defence of their client today.  Kosiah who faces up to 20 years imprisonment if found guilty, is on trial on 25…

Political leaders in the Gambia have failed to reach consensus on the eligibility of President Adama Barrow to stand for two more terms if he so wishes. The draft constitution, which is currently in the works contains a retroactive clause…

Ghana and the United Kingdom signed a trade agreement worth $1.6 billion, in one of the latest bilateral deals since Britain exited the European Union. The agreement, signed on Wednesday, will allow duty-free and quota-free access for Ghana to the…

The watchman of the Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State, Nigeria has been mentioned as a culprit in the abduction of the over 279 schoolgirls last month. The girls were abducted by unidentified assailants from their boarding school on…