Niger wants to ban women and children from crossing the Sahara after 92 died in the desert.
The ongoing volatility in the region has left citizens terrified after a year under jihadist rule.
Many say that the vast earnings of many African countries from oil, gas and mining show that the focus on aid to Africa is misguided.
An ample bosom and booty is still desirable in Africa, but it seems like Western ideals are encroaching, writes Afua Hirsch.
African hip-hop rappers seem to be the setting standard of how the music should be made internationally.
Rooti dolls claim to be the first fashion dolls to speak languages from countries ranging from Ghana to Zimbabwe.
In Ghana, the reaction I get when I tell other women about my job and baby is usually a knowing nod, writes the Guardian’s west Africa correspondent.
The death of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills left the nation in shock. Mills was months away from completing his first term in office.
Extremist groups – linked to al-Qaeda – have used their hold over key urban areas of Mali to recruit, arm and train a growing number of fighters.
As kings feud, ordinary people bear the brunt of Ghana’s power vacuum, writes Afua Hirsch.
It has ended its war and had two elections, but for Liberia to select a winner of its national beauty contest has proved one challenge too far.
Protests have erupted in Morocco over the case of teenager Amina Filali who killed herself after a court ordered her to marry her alleged rapist.
Human rights campaigners vow to hound ex-US president.