The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

LONDON (AP) — Arbel Yehoud is achingly close to freedom, but her face is a study of shadow and terror. She is dwarfed by dozens of masked Hamas fighters — and ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the small West African country.

The recent visit of the National Working Committee of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) to the Oba of Benin’s palace has brought a renewed sense of optimism for the region’s future.

Oba of Benin has summoned every priest and priestess across every corner of the kingdom to place curses on those using the ADA and EBEN symbols and also for those women making okuku hairstyle during ...