Women parliamentarians and gender advocates from across West Africa have been urged to support a renewed push for stronger regional action to combat violence against women and girls, with a focus on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An army officer stands guard in May at Jubilee House, the presidential palace in Accra, Ghana. The U.S. has sent dozens of ...

African women are finally claiming their place among the continent’s most powerful business leaders, but few have turned ...

The woman reportedly feared for her life as she was forced into a detention center upon arriving to Ghana. A West African woman reportedly tried to commit suicide after being deported to a non-native ...

Some of the West African film industry's biggest names are backing a new mentorship programme to support emerging women ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning heads. Niouky, based in the West African country of Senegal, crafts modern ...