In Mali, armed men kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali overnight, their church said on Friday. A spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses church in neighboring Senegal said the couple is in their 70s and their son…

In The Gambia, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has assisted in the return about 200 migrants from Libya. The IOM facilitated the voluntary humanitarian return of 148 Gambian migrants stranded in Libya through a return flight, and another 45…

Ghana’s government says some citizens have been recruited into terrorist groups in the West African sub-region.  Ghana’s government is therefore calling for increased surveillance among its citizens to curtail any possible attacks. Eric Mawuena Egbeta has the details

The General Staff of the armies says a jihadist assault has been repelled in the center-north of the country. The incident occurred on Saturday when the Burkinabè army detachment in Bourzanga, 170 kilometers north of Ouagadougou was attacked around 5…

On Monday, the world marked International Day for the Elimination of Fistula under the theme "End fistula now, invest in quality care and empower communities". In Niamey, the Minister of Public Health and Social Affairs, Dr. Idi Illiassou Mainassara called…

ECOWAS through its Gender Development Centre and the West Africa Regional Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN HCHR), is organizing a High-Level Meeting to Support the Protection of Children Victims of Human Rights Violations (PAPEV).…

Forty eight hours after a building collapse in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos, the state disaster management agency, LASEMA says rescue operations are ongoing to save persons trapped in the rubble. The agency has so confirmed that four people were killed…