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Niger becomes first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis

Niger’s Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony on Thursday that the

The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has become effective

Ghana’s new government could seek extra funding from the International Monetary Fund during its current, three-year programme with the lender

Nigerian forces successfully repelled an ambush by Islamist militants in Borno State’s Sabon Gari village on Saturday, killing 34 insurgents

Ghana on Tuesday swore in president-elect John Mahama in the capital Accra, with around 20 African leaders in attendance. Mahama

France has started the withdrawal of its military from Chad after warplanes based in the capital N’Djamena headed home on

John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s former president, is poised to return to power after unofficial results placed him ahead of fellow

Chad has formally ended a security and defense cooperation accord with France, said Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah on Thursday night.

Nigeria records at least 15,000 deaths related to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) every year despite efforts by the government to

At least 321 people have been killed and over 740,000 others displaced in Nigeria so far this year due to