West Africa news and stories by mail.com

West Africa

More than 30 civilians killed by Nigeria military
Nigerian soldiers angry about the killing of an officer shot dead more than 30 civilians Monday in a northeastern city long under siege by a radical ...
Niger wants joint patrol on Nigeria border
Niger says it wants to form joint military patrols along 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of its border with Nigeria to fight Islamist extremist groups ...
Malta hosts first Europe-Arab summit in a decade
Terrorism, lawlessness, immigration and the European debt crisis were all discussed Friday at the first Mediterranean summit since the Arab Spring ...
Nigeria: Sabotaged phone lines worsen crisis
Sabotaged phone lines prevented students from warning friends and possibly saving their lives in the attack in which 22 college students were killed ...
Seized Argentine ship remains in Ghana
Ghanaian officials on Friday refused to release an Argentine naval ship that was seized in the West African nation due to a complaint by a U.S.
Nigeria jails anti-graft officers for bribe-taking
Nigeria's anti-graft agency says two former employees have been jailed over a $600 bribe. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spokesman Wilson ...
Argentine ship stuck in Africa in bondholder fight
The flagship of Argentina's navy has been ordered held in Africa by a judge answering a complaint from a U.S. hedge fund. The Argentine foreign ...
Ivory Coast: Detainees charge torture by military
The soldiers lined up the detainees in a row on the grass in the middle of the night and beat them with sticks. Other times, soldiers struck the ...
More than 60 inmates escape from Liberian prison
State-run media says more than 60 inmates have broken out of prison in the West African nation of Liberia. Regional authorities and state radio said ...
Hershey vows to use only certified cocoa by 2020
Candy maker Hershey is vowing to use only certified cocoa for all of its chocolate products by 2020 and accelerate programs to help eliminate child ...
Islamists in Mali recruit, pay for child soldiers
Salif Haidara sat drinking tea on the side of the road with other weary bus passengers when a man with a turban and a long beard approached them: Did ...
White House widening covert war in North Africa
Small teams of special operations forces arrived at American embassies throughout North Africa in the months before militants launched the fiery ...
Attackers kill students in northeast Nigeria
Assailants shot or stabbed to death at least 25 people in the second attack near colleges in Nigeria's troubled northeast in the last few days, ...
Group: Ghana mentally ill chained up for months
Mentally ill patients suffer from severe abuse at psychiatric hospitals and so-called healing centers in Ghana, with many chained to trees and even ...
Liberia: Opposition outrage at president
Liberia's opposition is outraged by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's recent admission that some of her supporters hid their sons' cards to prevent ...
US: Military effort needed to oust Mali Islamists
Military action will be needed to push radical Islamists out of northern Mali where they have carried out amputations and public whippings since ...
Radical Nigeria sect threatens wives of leaders
The leader of a radical Islamist sect has threatened the wives of Nigerian security agents and government officials in a new Internet video, while ...
Rooftop pool, wine bar: Hotels building in Africa
The rooftop pool at Nairobi's newest high-rise hotel juts out over the edge so swimmers can peer through the glass bottom eight stories down. A new ...
Pipeline fire in southeast Nigeria kills 20
A government spokesman says 20 people in southeast Nigeria died when a broken gasoline pipeline caught fire, burning alive those gathering the fuel.
Royal Dutch Shell shuts down Nigeria oil pipeline
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has shut down a pipeline in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta after a fire and a suspected attempt to steal crude from ...
Bomb explodes near north Nigeria Islamic school
Gunmen detonated a bomb Sunday near an Islamic boarding school in northern Nigeria and later exchanged gunfire with security forces, causing unknown ...
Qatar Airways flight lands safely after emergency
A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Nigeria landed safely Saturday after the pilot discovered a problem with the aircraft's landing gear, authorities ...
Ivory Coast arrests former Gbagbo spokesman again
A lawyer says the spokesman of Ivory Coast's former president was arrested Friday, just days after being released on bail after an extradition hearing
Saudi starts expelling Nigerian women pilgrims
Saudi Arabia on Friday began expelling over a thousand Nigerian women on religious pilgrimage to the country because they had arrived without male ...
Guinea to see $2.1 billion of its debt cancelled
More than $2.1 billion of Guinea's foreign debt is being cancelled in a major boost for the deeply impoverished West African nation whose mineral ...