Sudan's army has launched a major offensive against the powerful paramilitary group it is fighting in the country's civil war, targeting areas in the capital it lost at the...

A Ghanaian activist who was arrested for organising a three-day protest against illegal mining over the weekend has been rushed to hospital to receive urgent medical care. Oliver Barker-Vormawor's...

A row between a prominent journalist and a king has captivated many in Ghana.It began when Afia Pokua criticised the Ashanti king's handling of tensions with other ethnic groups,...

At least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal, military authorities say.The navy was informed of a vessel that was adrift about...

Getty ImagesItems similar to this ivory mask were collected in the 1960s by Americans Charlie Cushman and Herbert Cole for the Nigerian National MuseumThe Nigerian National Museum in Lagos...

Getty ImagesCol Assimi Goïta seized power, with a pledge to end insecurityThe al-Qaeda flag flutters from an airport building. A jihadist places a burning rag in the engine of...

ABANTU FOR DEVELOPMENT/FACEBOOKThe new law comes after decades of stallingWomen's rights advocates are demanding the immediate implementation of a nearly 30-year-old gender equity bill which Ghana’s president signed into...

Guinea's most wanted fugitive - a former senior military officer who escaped from prison last November - has been extradited from neighbouring Liberia, along with his son.Ex-Col Claude Pivi...

Amid escalating tensions in the Horn of Africa as Somalia and Ethiopia row over a maritime deal, which has also drawn in Egypt – Turkey has been one party...

Thousands of supporters of Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been protesting nationwide to demand an independent forensic audit of the country’s voter register.Party officials...

Dozens of Muslim worshippers have been killed in a crash in northern Nigeria's Kaduna state.The victims were travelling to celebrate Eid-el-Maulud - Prophet Muhammad's birthday - in the northern...

Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who performed with Beyoncé and was seen by many as a trailblazer, has died at the age of 29.A spokesperson announced her death on her...