Over the last decade, West Africa has been shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups. Groups linked to al-Qaida and ...

In southern Benin, the Diocese of Abomey is the only one to appoint women as extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. La ...

Tinubu: Elders often speak in parables and veiled notations and this was not different when the Niger Delta elders visited ...

Fongbe (Fon) is the most widely-spoken local language in Southern Benin but this language is gradually losing its place as a ...

Overnight Thursday into Friday, army launched 'an offensive operation' that led to 'the neutralization of nine terrorists,' a ...

Clashes in Benin over the last week between armed groups and the military ... Some researchers argue, however, that ...

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has issued a power supply maintenance schedule that will affect certain areas across the country.

The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all ...

Nearly 150 Catholic priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria over the past 10 years, a new report has indicated, unearthing the ...

The Foreign Office has issued a warning to Brits travelling abroad, and it's an easy one to forget. They say that it can help ...

According to him, deliberations have been sincere and forthright, with our collective security being accorded the desired ...

Benin and coastal neighbor Togo have both suffered attacks in recent years as groups linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda expanded their presence beyond West Africa's central Sahel region to the ...