Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has directed all security agencies to deploy all operational and intelligence elements to rescue all kidnapped persons and immediately quell the security crisis in the country. The president gave the directive on Thursday when he met with heads of…

The Ivorian ministry of Interior during the weekend announced the seizure of more than two tonnes of cocaine. The ministry in a statement estimated the value of the drug seized at around forty-one billion CFA Francs or an equivalent of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the victims of an explosion that rocked an illegal refinery in Imo State and also ordered an intensified clampdown on illegal refining sites across the country. President Buhari described the incident as a catastrophe and…

Days after the release of ousted Guinean former President Alpha Conde from house arrest, civil rights groups have warned against any move by the junta to delay an open trial for his role in the killing of hundreds of civilians.…

Senegalese military says it had no intention of launching an attack on the Gambia after stray bullets landed on the Gambian territory during the clash with armed rebels in the Casamance region. The officials say the bullets that landed in…

Over one million doses of malaria vaccines have been administered to 74 % of targeted children in Ghana as part of the World Health Organization WHO’s malaria vaccine rollout.  The Ghanaian Government is to collate outcomes of the exercise to…

Benin and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on a new 42-month extended credit facility. The international money lender in a statement said the over three years credit facility is worth 658 million US dollars. IMF…

Lawmakers in Niger have approved a bill that will allow the deployment of European special forces under the aegis of Takuba into the country. This approval by the assembly comes despite opposition by some political parties and civil society groups…