The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in partnership with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), is delivering a series of 3-day capacity-building workshops in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire for women traders and producers in the ECOWAS region with the aim of guiding them on market entry and operations under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Twitter announced Monday the recruitment of a team of eleven people in Ghana, with the intention of making the West African country its headquarters for the continent.

Ballot counting was under way in Benin on Monday after an election with little suspense as President Patrice Talon looked set to win a second term following a tense campaign.

The captain of Uganda’s national football team Dennis Onyango Monday announced his retirement from international football.

The regional head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that 34 migrants had died after their boat capsized off Djibouti.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed on Sunday the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project agreement with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Hassan Suluhu.

Offices of several international aid groups in northeast Nigeria were attacked and set on fire on Saturday.

The weeks go by and look the same for Franck Kessie and AC Milan, who won against Parma this Sunday

Benin was up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the tense presidential election in a vote that has been marred by violence during campaigning.