Security sources in Benin say at least one police officer was killed and several wounded in an attack on a police station in the north of the country. The municipality is an area affected by a spillover of terrorist-related attacks…

The Nigerian Government has committed N50 billion toward positioning export-oriented businesses and promoting export growth in the country. Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo made the disclosure at the first national conference on non-oil exports organized by the Nigerian Export Promotion…

The Independent National Commission on Human Rights of Liberia through its Chairman, T. Dempster Brown, has filed a petition to the Chambers of Justice Jamesetta Wolokolie, for a Writ of Mandamus, compelling the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General as…

Sierra Leone's Parliament and civil society groups have held a session to strengthen the relationship between the two bodies in order to enhance good governance.  As Patrick Sallia reports, governance experts say having a strong voice that seeks to hold…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched cash transfers to assist internally displaced people (IDPs), refugees, and host families in Foni Kansala (West Coast region, The Gambia).   This is as the conflict in the Senegalese Casamance region…

Nigeria's Senate on Wednesday passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying ransom to free someone who has been kidnapped, and made the crime of abduction punishable by death in cases where victims die. Opeyemi…