Six people, all of them members of the same household, were killed in the attack by unknown gunmen on Wednesday in the Madauchi village of Kaduna State.

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Commission has appointed former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo as the Head of its 250-member Election Observer Mission to Ghana for the December 7 general elections.

It's a common grumble that politicians' lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president - who lives on a ramshackle farm and gives away most of his pay.

President Alassane Ouattara unexpectedly dissolves his cabinet as Ivory Coast continues its recovery from last year's post-election violence.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has asked Ghanaians to join in mourning the late former vice president Alhaji Aliu Mahama who died Friday after a short illness.

Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood is urging consensus building in the countryÂ’s leadership.