A Gambian minister is warning that rising sea levels due to climate change could lead to a decreased rice production, thus impeding the government's target of producing 70,000 ... Read more »

After fleeing the country due to civil unrest, Liberian refugees are returning home from neighbouring West African countries. Read more »

President Yahya Jammeh's almost two-decade-long rule has not delivered on the junta's promises of transparency and accountability, writes Bubacarr Sowe, a freelance Gambian ... Read more »

Some 120,000 people, including 60,000 children, are expected benefit from UNICEF's water, sanitation and hygiene kits as part of its emergency response to a cholera outbreak in the ... Read more »

As chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, an group of African heads of state working together to end malaria-related deaths, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reminded ... Read more »

Double amputee, Oscar Pistorius, has beaten all odds by qualifying for the London Olympics, amid controversy of the "unfair advantage" posed by the carbon fibre legs he uses. Read more »

A spate of recent news reports on U.S. intelligence activity in Africa has renewed debate over the role of the military in shaping American foreign policy towards the continent. In ... Read more »

Cote d' Ivoire retains first place in the July Fifa rankings while Nigeria enters the top ten. Libya and Zambia remain stagnant at fourth and sixth place respectively while Egypt ... Read more »

Leaders of the West African bloc, Ecowas, have called for the International Criminal Court at the Hague to investigate "war crimes" in Mali. The group also called on Mali to build ... Read more »

A coalition led by Senegalese President Macky Sall has won a huge majority in the legislative elections. Read more »