Two peacekeepers were killed and two wounded in an attack on a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in central Mali, over the weekend, UN sources reported. The latest attack occurred barely a day…

Police say a man who had a row with a Muslim cleric died in the capital, Abuja, after being set ablaze by a mob supporting the cleric. Ahmad Usman, 30, was in a local vigilante group and police say about…

The West African bloc, ECOWAS, has postponed making a decision on Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso after its leaders failed to agree on what action to take against the military juntas in each of those three countries. The region's leaders,…

In Nigeria, an unknown number of people have been confirmed killed after an attack over the weekend at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, southwest Nigeria.  The attack reportedly occurred on the church premises…

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has assured of accelerated action on the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway development project. Stakeholders made this disclosure at the sixteenth Ministerial Steering Committee and Experts meetings on the Abidjan-Lagos Project which was held…