The three-day inaugural Abuja International Poetry Festival took place last week in various venues across the Nigerian ...

For migrants hoping to reach the Canary islands from West Africa in the hopes of a better life, the journey is one of the ...

The drug, which once only passed through Kenya on its way to Europe and America, is now increasingly being sold within the ...

Senegal's government has delared victory in Sunday's snap parliamentary elections, with a majority of the votes counted. Some ...

Gabon’s military rulers said the new constitution has been overwhelmingly approved in a referendum, according to provisional ...

Now that vote has ended, many Gabonese say the focus should go to the restoration of institution, a pledge of the ruling junta known as the Committee for the transition and restoration institutions ...

A coalition of civil society organizations had called for a protest after authorities said they arrested a French 'spy’. Many protesters also voiced their support of Burkinabe and Malian authorities.

Nearly 1 million people are expected to vote. The draft constitution, which proposes sweeping changes that could prevent dynastic rule and transfer of power, needs more than 50% of the votes cast to ...

"I didn't prove nothing to anybody, only to myself,” said Tyson after his first sanctioned pro bout in almost 20 years.

Rendered vulnerable by the war and abused, female Sudanese refugee in Chad recount how they were faced with more suffering: being forced to have sex to survive.

A team including mine safety experts, police, the army and various government departments was scheduled to meet Friday to put ...

Nor French authorities nor Tunisian officials have commented on the reason for his arrest. NGOs have repeatedly denounced a ...