Nigeria’s Power Minister Barth Nnaji has resigned amid reports that he is linked to a company bidding for a lucrative electricity contract. The government is
Egyptian security forces have killed 11 militants since launching an offensive in the Sinai peninsula earlier this month, the defence ministry has said. The operation,
Nine prisoners have been executed in The Gambia, despite international alarm at an apparent official policy to carry out all death penalties by next month.
Women in Togo have called a week-long sex strike, starting on Monday, to demand the president’s resignation. The ban has been called by opposition coalition
The secretary-general of the party of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been arrested, reports say. Laurent Akoun was held in a town north