Nigeria: Nigeria Recorded More Than 800 Extrajudicial Executions in 3 Years - Rights Group

Nigeria has recorded more than 800 incidents of extrajudicial killings across the country in the last three years, according to the international human rights group Global Rights. Read more »

Nigeria: As Israel Fights Hamas, Support for Palestinians Grows in Nigeria

As Musa Abdullahi prepared for weekly Muslim prayers Friday, there was something else on his mind. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Inflation to Persist Without Stabilized Exchange Rate - Experts

Nigeria's inflation rate has risen to its highest level in two decades, 26.72%, according to the national statistics bureau. The latest figure keeps millions of people in Africa's… Read more »

Nigeria: President Asks Court to Dismiss Fresh Claims By Opposition Party

Nigeria's president has asked the Supreme Court to reject a petition by his political opponents to introduce new evidence aimed at overturning February's presidential election. Read more »

Liberia: Election Results Trickle in As Voting in Liberia Continues On Day 2

Liberia's National Elections Commission, NEC, on Wednesday announced the first batch of provisional results from Tuesday's presidential and legislative poll. While the figures… Read more »

Nigeria: Experts Say Israel-Hamas Conflict Could Affect Oil Revenue

Experts said Tuesday that the Israeli-Hamas conflict could lead to Nigerians struggling to pay for fuel despite a surge in global oil prices that could help the nation's crude… Read more »

Niger: U.S. Officially Designates Military Takeover As Coup

The United States has officially designated the July military takeover in Niger as a coup, a decision that limits U.S. military aid and coordination with a country the Pentagon has… Read more »

Liberia: Thousands Vote in Presidential, Legislative Election

Liberians went to the polls Tuesday to choose their next president, as well as 73 legislators and 15 senators. Read more »

Cameroon: Dozens Killed After Destructive Floods in Cameroon

At least 27 people were killed, and more than 50 others were injured after floods devastated the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde and some surrounding neighborhoods Sunday. Read more »

Liberia: Preelection Violence Raises Security Concerns in Liberia

Security concerns have been raised In Liberia following the deaths of at least two people in preelection violence. Political watchers say campaign messaging has deepened political… Read more »

West Africa: Amid Coups, Public Anger, Lessons for West African Leaders and Allies

A string of coups and heightened anti-French sentiment sweeping across West and Central Africa hold important political and military lessons for African governments and their… Read more »

Nigeria: Experts Say Tackling Corruption Key to Stopping Crude Oil Theft

Nigerian authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 15 people in the explosion of an illegally tapped oil pipeline on Sunday, an often-deadly practice that has been going… Read more »

Ghana: Opposition Tries to Oust Central Bank Governor

Members of Ghana's major opposition National Democratic Congress took to the streets in the capital, Accra, on Tuesday to protest what they allege is mismanagement by the governor… Read more »

Africa: Cameroon, Chad Agree to Jointly Combat Security Threats

Defense ministers and security experts from Cameroon and Chad are meeting in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, to map out ways of jointly combating growing security threats along… Read more »

West Africa: Uncertainty Casts Shadow On Engagement With Military in Sahel

The European Union and its Western partners are grappling with how to maintain diplomatic relations in the Sahel region following recent putsches in Africa. Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon Sees More Attacks On Schools, Civilians After Rebel Leader Killed

Cameroon officials say separatists resumed attacks on civilians and schools after a notorious insurgent leader and four of his collaborators were killed during a raid this week. Read more »

Africa: Nigerian, South African Presidents Look to Advance Economic Cooperation

The leaders of Nigeria and South Africa held talks Monday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, with the goal of increasing cooperation, especially in mining… Read more »

Mali: Conflict in Northern Mali Resumes Amid UN Withdrawal

As the U.N. mission to Mali withdraws from the northern part of the country, hostilities between the Malian army and Tuareg rebels have reignited and Islamist attacks have… Read more »

Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic Blame Rebels for Kidnappings

Government officials in Cameroon and the Central African Republic say the number of civilian kidnappings has spiked along their borders, with armed gangs and rebels demanding as… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Unity Put to Test As West African Coup Crisis Deepens

A series of coups in Western Africa is putting the unity and capability of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to the test as it seeks to restore civilian rule… Read more »

Niger: U.S. Drone Flights Limited Since Niger Coup

Two U.S. officials have told VOA that military drone flights from bases in Niger have been "limited" since the July coup, a restriction experts believe is likely hindering the… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Militants Kill More Than 50 Volunteer Fighters and Soldiers

Jihadi insurgents in Burkina Faso's Yatenga province killed 36 volunteer fighters and 17 soldiers, the country's army confirmed Tuesday. The massacre is among the worst strategic… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Raid Same-Sex Wedding - Dozens Arrested

Gay rights activists in Nigeria are criticizing the arrest and detention this week of dozens of people who attended a same-sex wedding. It is one of the biggest mass arrests in… Read more »

Niger: Niger Political Crisis Risks Humanitarian Crisis

With no political solution in sight, the United Nations refugee agency warns that Niger's political crisis could rapidly deteriorate into a humanitarian crisis as attacks by… Read more »

Cameroon: Reports of Polio Outbreak After Largest Vaccination Programme Since 2020

Cameroon officials say a fifth case of polio was reported in the capital, Yaounde, this week, despite the launching of a new polio vaccination campaign in the central African… Read more »