Opposition leader Alpha Conde has won the presidential run-off in Guinea, the electoral commission has said. Mr Conde gained 52.5% of votes in the 7 November poll against former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, according to provisional results.

A less than two sentence post on popular social networking website by a Nigerian youth has generated lots of interest. Aliyu Tilde wrote on the ‘wall’ of the official facebook page of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan: “There...

The government’s amnesty programme whereby militants in the Niger delta are to be disarmed and rehabilitated with a stipend, job training and a micro-credit loan, has been linked to reduced violence in the delta, but critics say it has made the...

Nigeria, seen as the key to wiping out polio in Africa, has made impressive gains against the disease in the year since religious leaders backed vaccination, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. A mass immunisation campaign targeting 85...

Flash floods have claimed 187 lives and affected 635,273 people in west Africa since the rainy season started in June, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced on Tuesday. The nation with the highest death toll, including...

Under the dusty sun, the fathers of the bride and groom agreed to the marriage and this ancient Muslim tradition proceeded as it has for hundreds of years. But unknown to the gathered villagers, the couple is hiding a modern secret. Both bride and...