President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her Sierra Leonean counterpart Ernest Bai Koroma have pledged to strengthen and expand relations during the latter's visit to Monrovia. Read more »

The former Liberian President Charles Taylor who was convicted last month for aiding and abetting Sierra Leone's civil war will on Wednesday be allowed to speak during his ... Read more »

As the country grapples with consolidating a formal government structure, streams of migrants and refugees from countries like Chad, Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia remains in limbo ... Read more »

With three years to go to the Millennium Development Goals' target of 2015, the debate should perhaps move to what kind of targets should be set for the future, writes IRIN. Read more »

West African mediators entered crisis talks with Guinea-Bissau's former governing party to resolve the political crises in Mali and Guinea Bissau. Read more »

The country only recently emerged as a new destination for multinational oil companies. But even before actual production begins, public officials are engaged in fiery debates over ... Read more »

Two years into what the African Union has declared the "Women's Decade", President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and her Malawian counterpart President Joyce Banda have both ... Read more »

MTN, Africa's biggest telecommunications company is being sued by a Turkish company which accuses it of corrupt business practices in a deal struck with Iran. Read more »

In commemoration of World Freedom Press Day, the African Media Initiative has released new guidelines outlining good media practices. Read more »

A two-day East African conference on illegal Small Arms and Light Weapons in Rwanda highlighted the need for African countries to cooperate in the fight against illegal fire arms ... Read more »