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Suspected militants on Sunday attacked a Military unit in Burkina Faso, killing 12 troops after a spate of attacks has rocked the West-African nation in the…

Gunmen on Motorbikes have killed four police officers guarding a tomato-processing factory in Kebbi State, North-West Nigeria. A civilian was also killed in the attack in…

Ghana wants to make sure that its digital currency can be used on any widely used payment network maintained by mobile phone companies. The usage of…

Gunmen on Sunday killed not less than 13 security personnel in an ambush near Taparko, Burkina Faso. It was gathered that the attack was perpetrated by…

Nigeria’s agency responsible for the local development of oil and gas, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Senegalese Petroleum Industry have agreed…

At least two Malian troops and two UN peacekeepers were killed in separate strikes on Monday, according to the Army and the UN mission in Mali.…

For the second consecutive month, Nigerians’ banks borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria reduced in February, this time by 47%. In January, borrowing from the…

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Lieut. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated Wednesday as the transitional president under the West African country’s recently adopted charter. Damiba’s inauguration…

Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum Timipre Sylva has signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of the country with the government of Equatorial Guinea to…

Burkina Faso’s military leadership is considering a 30-month transition period to restore constitutional order following a coup last month, according to a drafted proposal. A commission…