Ghana: Ghana Beefs Up Security Near Burkina Border as Ethnic War Attracts Militants

Ghana has deployed 1,000 special forces to its northern border with Burkina Faso after gunmen this week shot at immigration officers in a border town, killing one. The attack has… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Officials and Locals At Odds About Number of Casualties From Attack

Nigeria has deployed security forces to a village in central Benue state where state police say suspected herders killed 10 people this week. But Nigerian media report dozens were… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Secures $800 Million Ahead of Fuel Subsidy Removal

Nigeria has secured an $800 million relief package from the World Bank to help cushion the impact of a plan to remove in June a long-held fuel subsidy. Read more »

Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct 25 Cameroonians On Nigeria Border

Security forces in Cameroon are searching for at least 25 villagers that gunmen abducted along its border with Nigeria. Locals are calling on the governments to stop armed gangs… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon Says Separatist Conflict Slows Reconstruction in Western Regions

Cameroon says fighting between troops and rebels is slowing reconstruction of homes, schools, hospitals, and other public buildings in its troubled western regions. Authorities say… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea Traders Say Marburg Travel Restrictions Suffocate Trade

Hundreds of merchants gathered Friday in Kye Ossi, a Cameroonian town on the border with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, to protest travel restrictions imposed since an outbreak of… Read more »

Nigeria: Secret Police Say They Are Monitoring Possible Threat to Democratic Rule

Supporters of Nigeria's ruling party are calling on the Department of State Services, often referred to as Nigeria's secret police, to name the politicians the agency says are… Read more »

Senegal: Protests - Dozens Arrested in Latest Flare-Up

Dozens of people in Senegal's capital of Dakar were arrested Thursday as protesters hurled rocks at police and blocked roads with burning tires, while police fired tear gas. Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Banning Free Press 'Bit By Bit', Says France 24 Journalist After Broadcaster's Suspension

The journalist whose interview with a terrorist organization resulted in Burkina Faso suspending France 24 has spoken with VOA about what he says is a decline in media freedoms in… Read more »

Nigeria: Civil Society Groups Stage Daily Protests Against Election Outcome

Nigerian civil society organizations have been holding daily protests to pressure the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, and Nigerian authorities to review the… Read more »

Africa: Amnesty International - Rights Landscape in West Africa Darkens

West Africa's Sahel region saw mounting violence and a rollback in free expression last year, rights group Amnesty International says in its latest annual report, released Tuesday. Read more »

Ghana: U.S. Vice President Harris Pledges Security Assistance, Partnership in Ghana Visit

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday pledged more than $100 million in U.S. assistance to Ghana and stressed that U.S. interests in African nations extend beyond competing with… Read more »

West Africa: Cameroon, Gabon Reinforce Travel Restrictions After Equatorial Guinea Confirms Marburg Cases

Cameroon and Gabon have stepped up border security after neighboring Equatorial Guinea confirmed a spreading Marburg virus has killed at least nine people. Despite the controls,… Read more »

Cameroon: Family of Killed Journalist Reports Threats From Officials Under Investigation

The family of Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo, who was killed in January, say they have received threats from officials suspected of involvement in his death. As authorities… Read more »

Niger: Niger Credited With Negotiating Release of U.S. Aid Worker, French Journalist

The government of Niger says it negotiated the release of a U.S. aid worker and a French journalist who were held captive by Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Aid worker and… Read more »

Niger: U.S. Pledges Humanitarian, Economic, Security Aid to Niger

In a first for a U.S. secretary of state, Antony Blinken was in the African nation of Niger Thursday to offer humanitarian, economic and security aid. Read more »

Niger: Nigeriens Voice Optimism, Skepticism During Blinken Visit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Niger with a pledge of humanitarian assistance for displaced people and support for the country's efforts to combat violent… Read more »

Senegal: Opposition Promises More Protests Against Sall

Opposition supporters in Senegal are planning a second day of protests Wednesday against what they say are "dictatorial" practices by President Macky Sall, which his government… Read more »

Cameroon: Fresh Fighting With Boko Haram Displaces Thousands On Cameroon-Nigeria Border

At least 3,000 people have been displaced in fresh fighting along the Nigerian-Cameroonian border, according to forces battling Boko Haram militants. Read more »

Nigeria: Amnesty International Calls for End to Sectarian Attacks in Northern Nigeria

Human rights groups have called on Nigerian authorities to end sectarian attacks that left at least 35 people dead in northern areas over the weekend. Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon's Ruling Party Leads Senatorial Election - Opposition Alleges Fraud

Opposition parties in Cameroon have accused the ruling party of vote-buying in Sunday's Senate elections. Early results show the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM)… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon Says Rebel Attacks Intensify to Disrupt March 12 Senate Elections

Cameroon's military says separatists in its North-West region have blocked roads and attacked military vehicles to disrupt Sunday's Senate elections. Witnesses say several bodies… Read more »

Africa: Blinken Headed to Ethiopia, Niger

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia next week to advance a fragile peace process, the State Department said Friday, on the highest-level US visit in recent… Read more »

Cameroon: Women Protest High Cost of Living

Thousands of women in Cameroon took to the streets on Wednesday, International Women's Day, to protest the high cost of living. The government blames soaring food and energy prices… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon to Revamp Wildlife Reserve Hit By Terrorism, Poaching, Deforestation

Tourism officials in Cameroon are meeting to revamp the country's most important wildlife reserve, Waza National Park, which has suffered from terrorism, poaching, and… Read more »