During a national address on Thursday, President Alassane Ouattara announced that following the death of "his candidate" Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly for the presidential ... Read more »

The UN Refugee Agency has strongly condemned an attack on a site hosting 800 internally displaced people near the village of Nguetchewe in northern Cameroon. At least 18 people ... Read more »

As the world marks the breastfeeding week, new mothers - even those with Covid-19 - have been advised to continue nursing their babies, despite the fear of transmitting the virus ... Read more »

The United States has raised the alarm that the Al-Qaeda and ISIS insurgent groups have started penetrating the northwestern part of Nigeria and looking to expand further south. ... Read more »

Selected petitions and written correspondence between Igbo women and British officials between 1892 and 1960 shed fresh light on how women navigated male-dominated colonial ... Read more »

The novel coronavirus pandemic has seen the world's demand for fossil fuel plummet and oil prices reaching historic lows. While low-carbon transition seems to be gaining attention, ... Read more »

The renewed calls come after a 90-year-old woman was lynched after being accused of being a witch. She didn't survive, but the women who do are sent or run away to settlements ... Read more »

The controversial Afrobeats singer embarked on a interstate travel from Lagos to Abuja and back to Lagos for a musical concert. The event was in June when all ... Read more »

The film Ife - which means love in the Yoruba language - revolves around two women, Ife and Adaora, who fall in love as they struggle through the challenges of being ... Read more »

Mali and Niger are among the Sahel states that in 2019 saw a significant resurgence of extremist violence, with Mali recording more than 2 500 deaths in the year to July 18, 2020, ... Read more »