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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Scores of migrants who swam through rough Atlantic Ocean waters to safety from a capsized boat…

The willingness of some multinational firms to pay a cost-of-living bonus for African cocoa planters is welcome but will not…

The leader of the “Islamic State” group released an alleged audio recording on Monday calling on followers to free jihadis…

DAKAR (Reuters) – Tired of seeing Senegal’s seascapes spoiled by ever-growing mounds of cheap plastic bags, authorities plan to crack…

Amadou Sissoko is a migrant whose journey so far has ended in a transit center in Agadez in central Niger.…

Senegal’s President Macky Sall won in the first round of the election Sunday, his prime minister said, although his two…

Nigeria on Sunday awaited results from its presidential election as civil society groups warned that disorganization and violence may have…

Sudan’s main opposition party on Saturday dismissed President Omar al-Bashir’s declaration of a state of emergency, saying protesters would keep…

Nigerians vote for a new president on Saturday after a week-long delay that has raised political tempers, sparked conspiracy claims…

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria after an increase in violence in the Boko…