Benin’s government says it will auction off art, luxury furniture and a Rolls-Royce limousine seized from an opposition tycoon who lives in exile in Paris. A total of 140 items belonging to Sebastien Ajavon, who has been handed a 20-year…

Some social movement groups have expressed concerns over what they call a mounting challenge of fund mobilization to support their activism. According to them, the informal operational structure of their groups does not attract funding from financial institutions, corporate bodies…

The ECOWAS Commission and Ambassadors in the Gambia have embarked on a border visitation in the country. The high powered delegation will also meet security officers at various border post in the coming days, with a view to promoting existing…

A source at the Guinean presidency and an official with ECOWAS said West African mediators were in Guinea Wednesday for talks with the ruling junta on a return to civilian rule. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power last September, has…

The Nigerian Optometric Association, NOA has raised alarm over the shortage of manpower in the Optometry arm of medical services. NOA National President, Dr. Obinna Awiaka, spoke during the opening ceremony of the 45th Conference of NOA where he added…

Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month. Tests conducted in…

The military junta in Guinea has appointed an acting prime minister while Prime Minister Mohamed Beavogui is absent, state television said late on Saturday. Mohamed Beavogui is a former civil servant and expert in agricultural finance, was appointed prime minister…

Several groups of Chadian rebel and political parties on Saturday withdrew from talks with the country’s military government, accusing it of seeking to destabilize peace efforts. The move, by about half the groups in the talks, came less than 24…

Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited, Mr Mele Kyari says the declining state of the country's refineries is to blame for the current fuel scarcity and hike in the price of diesel. Mr Kyari who was…

In Ghana, after nearly 24 hours of a highly contested election the governing New Patriotic Party, the NPP has finally elected its new national executives. Saturday’s vote which ended in the wee hours of Sunday, involved over involving over 6000…