March 19, 2025

The Ivorian government is expanding support for students from underprivileged communities by distributing 5,000 financial aid packages this year. This initiative, alongside existing scholarship programs, aims to provide relief to struggling students and their families. The effort is part of…

Non-governmental organizations in the subregion are struggling with the impact of the USAID fund freeze under former U.S. President Donald Trump. In response, TOSTAN hosted a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together affected NGOs to explore resilience strategies and turn…

Cybercriminals hacked Ghanaian President John Mahama’s official X account for 48 hours, using it to promote a fake cryptocurrency scam. The hackers falsely claimed Mahama was backing “Solana Africa,” a fictitious crypto project supposedly designed to facilitate payments across Africa.…

Liberia’s Joint Security, led by the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), has intercepted a vehicle carrying illegal drugs worth over $77,000 in what authorities call one of the biggest drug busts this year. The seizure, which occurred on March 18,…

An explosion has rocked the Trans-Niger pipeline in Bodo community, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, a major oil-producing region in Nigeria. The blast, which occurred on Monday night near the starting point of the Bodo-Bonny road, has raised…