Africa News

 Tue-09-Aug-2022  |  Nigeria declares oil theft ‘national emergency’; says 400,000 barrels stolen daily

 Tue-09-Aug-2022  |  Mali attributes Jihadist attack to Islamic State

 Tue-09-Aug-2022  |  Ghana's president rejects calls to reshuffle his appointees

 Tue-09-Aug-2022  |  Sierra Leone passes new laws to boost landowners' rights

 Tue-09-Aug-2022  |  Gambian leader attributes recent floods to climate change

 Tue-09-Aug-2022  |  Ghana 'disappointed' by S&P rating downgrade, promises turnaround

 Tue-09-Aug-2022  |  Lagos chambers of commerce laments Nigeria’s rising debt profile

 Mon-08-Aug-2022  |  Nigeria military eliminates Boko Haram commander

 Mon-08-Aug-2022  |  Guest Interview: Analysis of Ghana's recent national security shake-up

 Mon-08-Aug-2022  |  Six kidnap victims regain freedom in Nigeria's Katsina State

 Mon-08-Aug-2022  |  Flooding kills at least one in Senegal's capital

 Mon-08-Aug-2022  |  S&P Ratings downgrades Ghana to junk status

 Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  Senegal signs peace deal with MFDC rebels

 Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  Heavy floods across Niger kills 24, injures 36

 Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  Senegal's ruling coalition loses absolute majority in parliament

 Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  Liberian opposition lawmaker announces formation of militia group

 Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  Liberia charges July 26 rioters with criminal attempt to commit murder

 Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  Central Banks in Africa facing unprecedented challenges, IMF says

 Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  UNFPA, AU Youth Envoy hold town hall meeting with Nigerian youths

 Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  Debate on E-Levy rages on in Ghana

 Thu-04-Aug-2022  |  Nigeria's military to use 'maximum firepower' against armed groups

 Thu-04-Aug-2022  |  Liberia police arrests seven, launches manhunt for others after broad condemnation of July 26 violence

 Thu-04-Aug-2022  |  Ghana's agric minister blames high cost of food on profiteering

 Thu-04-Aug-2022  |  Nigeria approves $5 million for purchase of security vehicles, equipment

 Thu-04-Aug-2022  |  Cote d'Ivoire government meets families of soldiers detained in Mali

 Thu-04-Aug-2022  |  Liberian lawmaker slams president Weah's leadership

 Thu-04-Aug-2022  |  Ghana opposition blames government for economic hardships

 Wed-03-Aug-2022  |  French President thanks Niger for allowing passage for troops leaving Mali

 Wed-03-Aug-2022  |  Nigeria: Terrorists release five more Kaduna hostages

 Wed-03-Aug-2022  |  Tough times for consumers of LPG in Ghana

 Wed-03-Aug-2022  |  Nigerian police bolster security in capital Abuja with more manpower

 Wed-03-Aug-2022  |  Burkina Faso denies closing borders with Mali

 Wed-03-Aug-2022  |  Guinea film festival focuses on ending violence against women and girls

 Tue-02-Aug-2022  |  EX-PM declares innocence after Mali issued arrest warrant against him

 Tue-02-Aug-2022  |  Nigeria unversities academic staff extend strike by four weeks

 Tue-02-Aug-2022  |  Women’s group decries tense political atmosphere in Senegal

 Tue-02-Aug-2022  |  The Gambia to launch $116M projects to tackle flooding

 Tue-02-Aug-2022  |  Liberian President condemns violent Independence Day protests

 Tue-02-Aug-2022  |  Outrage in Ghana over undertaking directive for law students

 Tue-02-Aug-2022  |  Nigeria government bans sim card importation

 Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  Mali junta condemns French President's comments

 Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  USA orders citizens to leave Mali

 Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  Ruling coalition claims Senegal election, opposition disputes announcement

 Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  Guinean security forces arrest top activist after protests

 Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  Ghana: Expert warns of porous borders enabling smuggling of weapons

 Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  Flooding in the Gambia displaces dozens of families

 Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  Liberia now a Tier 2 country according to the US Human Trafficking report

 Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  Breastfeeding central to eliminating child malnutrition: UN Agencies

 Fri-29-Jul-2022  |  World Heptatitis Day: Experts in Nigeria seek global support to tame rise in cases

 Fri-29-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria's Lagos State commences trading in Gold

 Fri-29-Jul-2022  |  Liberia records 47 new cases of COVID-19

 Fri-29-Jul-2022  |  Group calls on Ghana's parliament to take action on absentee members

 Fri-29-Jul-2022  |  Iran to support Burkina Faso in the areas of rebuilding the economy and energy

 Fri-29-Jul-2022  |  Niger extends state of emergency in troubled regions

 Thu-28-Jul-2022  |  Mali military confirms simultaneous terrorist attacks

 Thu-28-Jul-2022  |  France could deliver drones to help Benin battle militants

 Thu-28-Jul-2022  |  West African states unhappy over EU response to planned regional anti-terrorist operation

 Thu-28-Jul-2022  |  Nigerian opposition Senators urge Buhari's impeachment over security problems

 Thu-28-Jul-2022  |  Sympathizers of prosecuted Gambian businessman Bubacarr Keita Protest

 Thu-28-Jul-2022  |  Widespread condemnation in Liberia after violent Independence Day protests

 Wed-27-Jul-2022  |  175th Independence Day orator calls unity among Liberians

 Wed-27-Jul-2022  |  Protests erupt across Nigeria over lingering universities strike

 Wed-27-Jul-2022  |  Police, Presidency perceived most corrupt institutions in Ghana - Afrobarometer survey

 Wed-27-Jul-2022  |  USAID promises more support for Nigeria’s healthcare system

 Wed-27-Jul-2022  |  Ghana president defends controversial national cathedral project

 Wed-27-Jul-2022  |  Nigerien gendarme arrested after robbing cashier

 Tue-26-Jul-2022  |  Nigerian govt shuts unity schools over security concerns

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 Tue-26-Jul-2022  |  Liberia marks 175th Anniversary amidst protest

 Tue-26-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria: Terrorists release more kidnapped train passengers

 Tue-26-Jul-2022  |  Liberia reports first monkeypox case since 2018

 Tue-26-Jul-2022  |  Multi-country monkeypox outbreak worries Africa CDC

 Tue-26-Jul-2022  |  Ghana makes downward revision of 2022 growth targets

 Tue-26-Jul-2022  |  France's Macron in Cameroon at start of 3-nation Africa tour

 Mon-25-Jul-2022  |  Al-Qaeda affiliate claims deadly Mali attack

 Mon-25-Jul-2022  |  ECOWAS chairman lauds "progress" in Burkina Faso

 Mon-25-Jul-2022  |  EU looks to replace gas from Russia with Nigerian supplies

 Mon-25-Jul-2022  |  9.7 million people in the Sahel facing food insecurity in few days - Plan

 Mon-25-Jul-2022  |  Liberian muslims demand probe into Mecca travel failure of over 276 pilgrims

 Mon-25-Jul-2022  |  WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency as infections soar

 Fri-22-Jul-2022  |  Gambia: Riot police disperse supporters of businessman on rape trial

 Fri-22-Jul-2022  |  Ghana lawmakers demand further probe into school shooting incident

 Fri-22-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria considering nationwide ban on motorcycle taxis to curb insecurity

 Fri-22-Jul-2022  |  Six Liberian journalist under investigation over allegation of theft

 Fri-22-Jul-2022  |  CSOs say January coup was a major setback for Burkina Faso

 Thu-21-Jul-2022  |  Mali: ECOWAS mediator Goodluck Jonathan arrives in Bamako

 Thu-21-Jul-2022  |  Civil Society group demands withdrawal of MINUSMA from Mali

 Thu-21-Jul-2022  |  ECOWAS chairman in Guinea to mediate transition

 Thu-21-Jul-2022  |  ECOWAS Commission and Ambassadors embark on border visitation in the Gambia

 Thu-21-Jul-2022  |  West African social movements decry resource mobilization challenges

 Thu-21-Jul-2022  |  Benin to auction off assets held by opposition tycoon

 Thu-21-Jul-2022  |  Ghana: authorities sanction street preachers for making noise, operating without permit

 Thu-21-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria government slammed over ongoing universities staff strike

 Wed-20-Jul-2022  |  Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic priest found dead

 Wed-20-Jul-2022  |  Mali’s public prosecutor probes arrest of 49 Ivorian soldiers

 Wed-20-Jul-2022  |  Ghana exposed to security threats from troubled Sahelian States - survey says

 Wed-20-Jul-2022  |  WASCI organizes three-day workshop or civil society organizations

 Tue-19-Jul-2022  |  Nigerian military eliminates terrorists, recovers weapons in Benue, Katsina States

 Tue-19-Jul-2022  |  Niger and Burkina Faso kill scores of 'terrorists' in joint operation, Burkina army say

 Tue-19-Jul-2022  |  Liberia Armed Forces to receive support from Nigeria Air Force

 Tue-19-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria seeks solutions as human trafficking figures climb

 Tue-19-Jul-2022  |  Togo offers to mediate in Mali - Côte d'Ivoire crisis

 Tue-19-Jul-2022  |  Liberian human rights activists welcome international support

 Tue-19-Jul-2022  |  Chinese consortium puts workers on forced leave after Guinea halts Simandou

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Six people killed in attack near Malian capital Bamako

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Jihadists blow up two crucial bridges in Burkina Faso

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 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  French armed forces minister visits Cote d'Ivoire

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Ghana's ruling NPP elects new national executives

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Over 200 illegal oil facilities operating in Nigeria, says top official

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Chadian rebels withdraw from peace talks with the government

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Guinea junta names acting prime minister during absence of PM Beavogui

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria may soon face shortage of optometrists, says association

 Mon-18-Jul-2022  |  Separatist leader killed in Southwest Cameroon

 Fri-15-Jul-2022  |  UN responds as Mali suspend all new UN peacekeeping rotations

 Fri-15-Jul-2022  |  Ivorian President Ouattara meets predecessors Gbagbo, Bédié

 Fri-15-Jul-2022  |  Niger, Chad call on Mali to rejoin G5 Sahel

 Fri-15-Jul-2022  |  Togo's army says civilians killed by airstrike, mistaken for jihadists

 Fri-15-Jul-2022  |  WHO Africa warns of growing risk of diseases spread from animals to people

 Fri-15-Jul-2022  |  ECOWAS says Ukraine conflict threatens food security in West Africa

 Thu-14-Jul-2022  |  The Gambia: Ex-President Jammeh's spies sentenced to death for murder

 Thu-14-Jul-2022  |  Benin tries six soldiers for allegedly conspiring against state security

 Thu-14-Jul-2022  |  'Peace Committee' calls for peaceful election in Nigeria

 Thu-14-Jul-2022  |  Liberian president warns public officials against non-performance

 Thu-14-Jul-2022  |  Arise Ghana demands charges against detained protestors dropped

 Thu-14-Jul-2022  |  Cameroon: Fuel shortage deepens in major cities

 Thu-14-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria: Petroleum workers threaten solidarity strike with varsities staff

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  Cote d'Ivoire calls on Mali to immediately release 49 soldiers

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  Journalist's union laments worsening security situation in Nigeria

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  Sub-Saharan Africa facing severe food shortage - ICRC

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  Controversy surrounds passage of Liberia's adjusted budget

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  Ghana's government meeting with labour union ends in deadlock

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  President of the Constitutional Court of Benin resigns

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  The Gambia: President Barrow pardons eight prisoners on Eid ul-Adha

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  Children continue to suffer the consequences of war: UN report

 Wed-13-Jul-2022  |  WHO says COVID-19 pandemic continues to constitute a global public health emergency

 Tue-12-Jul-2022  |  Mali detains Ivorian soldiers, accuses them of being mercenaries

 Tue-12-Jul-2022  |  Ghana on high alert over jailbreak of suspected jihadists in Nigeria

 Tue-12-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria: 17 bodies recovered after Lagos boat accident

 Tue-12-Jul-2022  |  Discussions underway to raise minimum wage in Burkina Faso

 Tue-12-Jul-2022  |  Lawmakers debate return of polygamy to Cote d’Ivoire

 Tue-12-Jul-2022  |  Liberia losing $150 million to road accidents annually - GIZ

 Tue-12-Jul-2022  |  UN: World population to hit 8 billion on November 15

 Mon-11-Jul-2022  |  12 killed in suspected jihadist attack in Burkina Faso

 Mon-11-Jul-2022  |  Campaigns begin ahead of Senegal's July 31 parliamentary election

 Mon-11-Jul-2022  |  Cost of transportation doubles, fuel scarcity lingers during Eid in Nigeria's capital

 Mon-11-Jul-2022  |  Liberian capital hit by heavy rain and flooding

 Mon-11-Jul-2022  |  Ghana say 34 contacts traced following confirmation of two Marburg cases

 Mon-11-Jul-2022  |  Chad leader orders cabinet reshuffle

 Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  Thousand facing acute food insecurity in Togo - FAO

 Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  IDA Summit: African leaders launch $93bn investment fund

 Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  UN chief commends Burkina Faso's effort at restoring constitutional order

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 Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  MSF warns of looming malnutrition crisis in northeastern Nigeria

 Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  Marburg virus kills two in Ghana

 Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  Gambians gear up for Tobaski

 Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria collaborates with EU on Migration, others

 Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  WADR hosts panel discussion on security in the Sahel

 Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria: ISWAP claims responsibility for Abuja prison attack

 Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria president slams intelligence system after Abuja prison attack

 Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Togo adopts national strategy for fighting violent extremism

 Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Suspended Gambian public workers to respond to governments decision

 Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Liberian Senate votes to abolish death penalty

 Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Liberian United Methodists condemn killing of two civilians by state security

 Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria: President Buhari reshuffles cabinet, swears in seven new ministers

 Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Ghana MP snubs disciplinary committee

 Wed-06-Jul-2022  |  Gunmen attack Nigerian presidential convoy

 Wed-06-Jul-2022  |  Niger says 25 soldiers killed in latest attack on military post

 Wed-06-Jul-2022  |  IHRC partners Nigeria to tackle housing deficit

 Wed-06-Jul-2022  |  Ghana's government pleads with teachers to call off strike

 Wed-06-Jul-2022  |  Gambia: President Barrow inaugurates waste treatment plant

 Wed-06-Jul-2022  |  Liberia's former ruling Party rejects senatorial bye-election results

 Wed-06-Jul-2022  |  Denmark reiterates commitment to strengthen cooperation with Burkina Faso

 Tue-05-Jul-2022  |  Togo allocates 430 billion FCFA to security

 Tue-05-Jul-2022  |  Burkina Faso announces more measures to fight terrorism

 Tue-05-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria: Authorities to rehabilitate rescued Ondo children

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 Tue-05-Jul-2022  |  Liberia signs financing agreements with World Bank

 Tue-05-Jul-2022  |  IMF team arrives in Accra for talks with Ghanaian officials

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 Tue-05-Jul-2022  |  Ghana's labour commission says it is responding to teacher's grievances

 Tue-05-Jul-2022  |  Chad probes embezzlement at national oil company

 Mon-04-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria: Abuja residents lament persistent petrol scarcity

 Mon-04-Jul-2022  |  AWCON: Senegal defeat Uganda in opener

 Mon-04-Jul-2022  |  ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Mali

 Mon-04-Jul-2022  |  Guinea Bissau’s President, Embalo, emerges new ECOWAS Chair

 Mon-04-Jul-2022  |  Burkina Faso needs more than $3 billion to secure its territory: military

 Mon-04-Jul-2022  |  Police rescue 77 waiting for ‘Rapture’ in Nigerian church basement

 Mon-04-Jul-2022  |  Liberia crackdown on fake medical practitioners

 Mon-04-Jul-2022  |  Ghana urged to allow experts lead negotiations with IMF

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  ECOWAS mediator returns to Burkina Faso ahead of sub-regional summit

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  CSOs push for return to democracy in Burkina Faso

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  Liberia launches youth empowerment programme

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  WADR holds migration roundtable discussion in The Gambia

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria CSOs bemoan 'shrinking' civic space

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  M21 calls for more support for Burkina Faso junta

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria-Bangladesh to cooperate in pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  UN Women commits to improving gender equality in Liberia

 Fri-01-Jul-2022  |  South Sudan elections in 2023 looking doubtful - UN

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  Liberia destroys illicit drugs valued over $1m

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Independent marketers halt petrol sale in Abuja amid scarcity

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  Liberia public works minister rejects favouritism claims

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  UN extends peacekeeping mission in Mali to June 2023

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  Benin army neutralize two suspected attackers of police station

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria govt blames terrorists for power outage nationwide

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria seizes over $1.5m worth of drugs at Port Harcourt Airport

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  Man found guilty of Killing ex-Liberia president's son

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  ECOWAS seeks to consolidate democratic gains amid challenges

 Thu-30-Jun-2022  |  UN: well-armed M23 rebels resurgent in DRC

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Senate orders fresh probe of ex-Chief Judge over corruption allegations

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  UN envoy completes 2-day visit to Nigeria

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Arise Ghana organizer accuses police of impersonating protesters

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Amnesty says right to peaceful protest under threat in Senegal

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Three dismissed Gambian soldiers approach court seeking compensation

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Lagos govt releases guidelines on abortion

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Gabon and Togo officially admitted into Commonwealth

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Liberia: Presidential Protocol Officer gets 3-year sentence

 Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Heavy rains help Cote d’Ivore cocoa, but some farmers fear flooding

 Tue-28-Jun-2022  |  Liberia signs $30 million maritime deal with Comoros

 Tue-28-Jun-2022  |  ECOWAS considers placing term limits on leaders

 Tue-28-Jun-2022  |  Ex-Gambian leader Jammeh in contact with ICC over human rights abuses

 Tue-28-Jun-2022  |  Drug use high in West and Central Africa, trafficking funds conflict: U.N.

 Tue-28-Jun-2022  |  Liberian soldiers indicted following deadly shooting incident

 Tue-28-Jun-2022  |  Ghana's E-levy delivering only 10% of estimated revenues, ruling party figure says

 Mon-27-Jun-2022  |  Two police officers killed in north Benin attack

 Mon-27-Jun-2022  |  Ghana: Calls intensify for government's COVID-19 spending audit

 Mon-27-Jun-2022  |  Interview: ONE launches Job creation campaign for African youths

 Mon-27-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Terrorists kill Catholic priest in Kaduna

 Mon-27-Jun-2022  |  The Gambia decries role of foreign nationals in drug abuse and trafficking

 Mon-27-Jun-2022  |  Sierra Leone health authorities meet on COVID-19 response architecture

 Mon-27-Jun-2022  |  FAO to assist farmers in Liberia

 Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  Army carries out air strikes on insurgents in central Mali

 Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  Ivorian President Ouattara seeks harmonized discussions with coup states

 Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  Guinea junta postpones national dialogue

 Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  Gunmen kidnap four including regional official in Burkina Faso

 Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  IOM, other strategize to end farmers/herders conflicts in Nigeria

 Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  Food security: EU to step up its support to Africa

 Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  Large corporations polluting Liberian water sources, authorities say

 Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  Ghanaian petroleum experts predict increase in fuel price

 Thu-23-Jun-2022  |  ECOWAS envoy arrives in Mali for talks ahead of sub-regional summit

 Thu-23-Jun-2022  |  Nigerian Senate to probe Shell over alleged illegal oil lease renewals

 Thu-23-Jun-2022  |  Sierra Leone Parliament commences debate on 2022 Public Elections Act

 Thu-23-Jun-2022  |  Senegal Presidency denies reports of election postponement

 Thu-23-Jun-2022  |  Varsities strike will be resolved soon, Labour Minister assures Nigerians

 Thu-23-Jun-2022  |  Ghana fuel shortage looms as Central Bank rations dollars

 Thu-23-Jun-2022  |  World Bank pledges $2.3 billion to tackle Africa food insecurity

 Wed-22-Jun-2022  |  UN Warns Of impending hunger in northeastern Nigeria

 Wed-22-Jun-2022  |  Burkina Faso junta leader meets former Presidents

 Wed-22-Jun-2022  |  Nigerian lawmakers step down motion to override President's Electoral Act veto

 Wed-22-Jun-2022  |  Burkina Faso: Anti-corruption network slams Burkina Faso military junta

 Wed-22-Jun-2022  |  Ghana: Speaker of Parliament threatens to summon Transport Minister

 Wed-22-Jun-2022  |  Liberian advocacy seeks total end to FGM in Liberia

 Wed-22-Jun-2022  |  Public outrage in Sierra Leone over cutting of popular musician’s dreadlocks by police

 Tue-21-Jun-2022  |  Mali say 132 killed in attack on Bankass Circle

 Tue-21-Jun-2022  |  Sahel: AU and UN launch strategic assessment process on security and development

 Tue-21-Jun-2022  |  Tensions rise in Guinea over planned protest against ruling junta on June 23

 Tue-28-Jun-2022  |  Senegalese opposition sets June 29 for fresh protest

 Tue-21-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Army Chief seeks collaboration to fight insecurity

 Tue-21-Jun-2022  |  Liberia: President's aide found guilty of attempted murder and aggravated assault

 Tue-21-Jun-2022  |  UNHCR revokes refugee status for Ivorians

 Tue-21-Jun-2022  |  Ghana Covid-19 cases on the rise, return to safety protocols proposed

 Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  UN peacekeeper killed in Mali explosion

 Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  268 Ivorian refugees arrive Cote d'Ivoire from Liberia

 Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  Mali transition government adopts new electoral law

 Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  Over 40 percent of Burkina Faso controlled by terrorists - ECOWAS mediator

 Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  Chad rebels threaten to withdraw from Qatar talks

 Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  Ghana: 'Increase budget allocation for biodiversity'

 Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  Liberia strikes deal with Senegal to conduct stock assessment

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 Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  Stakeholders tasked to close unemployment gap in Nigeria

 Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  Burkina Faso committed to independence of judiciary, says President Damiba

 Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  Liberian health workers return to work following negotiations with government

 Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  Military declares war on political thugs, warns politicians against violence in Nigeria

 Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  Lecturers call for sacking of University of Liberia head

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 Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  Dozens of teenage girls rescued from 'baby factory' in Nigeria

 Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  Niger launches NGOs and Development Associations Day

 Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  How Sierra Leoneans are picking up the pieces one year after Freetown inferno

 Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  Ghana parliament puts finance ministry business on hold over minister's no show

 Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Arise Ghana co-convener Mensah Thompson talks to WADR on planned protest

 Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Suspected ISIS affiliates kill at least 22 people in northeastern Mali

 Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Nigerian troops find another kidnapped Chibok schoolgirl

 Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria's Taraba State to assist refugees fleeing conflict in Cameroon

 Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Senegal's prosecutor confirms arrest of member of MFDC rebel group

 Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Burkina Faso junta leader visits Seytenga days after attack

 Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Ghanaians cannot use Ghana Card for foreign travels yet, says foreign minister

 Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Sierra Leone MPs proceed with move to raise their salaries

 Wed-15-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Legislative workers suspend strike over salary arrears

 Wed-15-Jun-2022  |  Liberia ratifies $40 million direct budgetary support agreement

 Wed-15-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria's speaker of parliament faults delegate primaries

 Wed-15-Jun-2022  |  Burkina Faso declares 3-day mourning after over 70 killed in Seytenga attack

 Wed-15-Jun-2022  |  Ghanaians petition rights commission over asset declaration by public servants

 Wed-15-Jun-2022  |  African Peer Review Mechanism holds summit in Sierra Leone

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 Wed-15-Jun-2022  |  Liberia announces regulations banning child labour

 Tue-14-Jun-2022  |  UN to vote on extension of stay of peacekeepers in Mali

 Tue-14-Jun-2022  |  Gunmen abduct Nigerian Anglican Bishop, wife, driver in Oyo

 Tue-14-Jun-2022  |  Togo declares state of emergency in north after attack

 Tue-14-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Gunmen demand $349,000 for abducted 30 Zamfara wedding guests

 Tue-14-Jun-2022  |  Ghana Police Chief visits scene of school shooting scene

 Tue-14-Jun-2022  |  World Bank approves $68 million to support diversification of tourism in The Gambia

 Tue-14-Jun-2022  |  Sierra Leone suspends campaigning ahead of hotly contested parliamentary tie-breaker

 Tue-14-Jun-2022  |  Growing number of African youth want to move abroad - survey

 Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  Democracy Day: President Buhari promises Nigerians free, fair, transparent elections in 2023

 Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  Interview: Lack of understanding and proper application of laws fueling insecurity in northeast Nigeria - Mohammed Umar

 Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  UK Parliament invites MPs in Ghana for a meeting over anti-gay bill

 Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  Gunmen free 11 passengers from Nigerian train attack

 Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  Mali's junta forms constitution drafting committee

 Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  Political Violence: UN calls for inter-party dialogue in Sierra Leone

 Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  Liberian armed forces destroy major drug hub

 Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  Ghanaian doctors save life of unconscious passenger on flight from Brussels to Accra

 Fri-10-Jun-2022  |  Burkina Faso: Soldier and civilian killed in gold mine attack

 Fri-10-Jun-2022  |  ISWAP behind Owo church attack, says Nigeria gov't

 Fri-10-Jun-2022  |  Bandits Kill 32 People in Nigeria's Kaduna State

 Fri-10-Jun-2022  |  Eighth body of missing miners found underground in Burkina Faso

 Fri-10-Jun-2022  |  Liberia's Senate reveals findings from probe into constant power cut.

 Fri-10-Jun-2022  |  Suspected separatists burn Down Mamfe District Hospital

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Senegal: Opposition leader Sonko calls for protest against constitutional council

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Gambia: Jammeh victims demand justice

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Interview: Political analysts Tochukwu Ifemene gauges Nigeria's presidential candidates

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Two Malian soldiers killed near Timbuktu

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Ghana deports Nigerien beggars on the streets of Accra

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Gambia's inflation expected to reach 8% - World Bank

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Acute petrol shortage in Liberia exasperates customers

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Ghana's parliamentary minority demand passage of anti-gay bill

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Ghana has lost 80% of its forest cover - minister

 Thu-09-Jun-2022  |  Separatist rebels kill five gendarmes in Cameroon

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  Côte d'Ivoire: Adama Bictogo elected President of the National Assembly

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria's ruling APC primaries ongoing in Abuja

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  Burkina Faso: Legislative Assembly permits government to rule by ordinances

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  The Gambia’s economy is set for moderate growth - World Bank

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  Ghanaian traditional ruler rejects ex gratia payment from government

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  Guinea Prosecutor deepens probe into protest killing

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  WFP to mobilize 75 million dollars for Mali

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  Liberian albinos alarmed by high level of discrimination

 Wed-08-Jun-2022  |  Int'l summit on addictions and drug addiction underway in Cote d'Ivoire

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  Mali junta adopts 24-month transition to democratic rule

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  EU supports Nigeria on fight against climate change

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  Liberia election: Ex-VP Boakai urges compliance with Supreme Court order

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  Mali's foreign minister hopes to see ECOWAS sanctions lifted soon

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  Guinea Army warns soldiers against travelling without authorization

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  Chad opposition leaders get one-year suspended terms

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria church attack: Police recover 3 unexploded IEDs from scene

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  Liberia appeals for UN support to address youth and women affairs

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  The Gambia's electricity and water company launches historic Gender Policy

 Tue-07-Jun-2022  |  Sex for marks: Two professors sacked at Nigerian university

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  ECOWAS assures of accelerated action on Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway development project

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  Gunmen kill Catholic worshippers in Nigeria's Ondo State

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  ECOWAS leaders postpone decision on sanctions in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Mob burns man to death over row with Muslim cleric

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  Two UN peacekeepers killed in attack in central Mali

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  Six out of 10 people in Sierra Leone don't have safe water - WaterAid

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  Liberia graduates 60 customs officers from training

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  Governance expert Ibrahima Kane reacts to outcome of latest ECOWAS summit

 Mon-06-Jun-2022  |  2023 AFCON qualifiers: Sadio Mane becomes Senegal’s all-time top scorer; Algeria, Mali win

 Fri-03-Jun-2022  |  Burkina Faso: Four soldiers and auxiliary defense fighters killed in attack

 Fri-03-Jun-2022  |  Mali army neutralizes dozens of insurgents in counter-offensive operations

 Fri-03-Jun-2022  |  Chad declares 'food emergency' urges help

 Fri-03-Jun-2022  |  #FixTheCountry conveners tender apology for planned armed demonstration

 Fri-03-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria threatens to drag erring companies to anti-graft agencies

 Fri-03-Jun-2022  |  Africa's COVID deaths to fall by 94% in 2022, WHO analysis shows

 Fri-03-Jun-2022  |  UN Global Compact Leaders Summit begins

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  12 Gambians released from Libya jail

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  Liberia: Victims of sea erosion threaten to besiege homes of government officials

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  Ghana's foreign ministry intervenes in police chief, UK envoy row

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  Sahel should be seen as region of ‘opportunity’ despite ‘multiple crises’ - UN Rep

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  Mauritanian ex-president to face corruption trial

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  Teenagers in leaked sex video whipped in Ghana

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  Tension rise in Liberia over new church leader election

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Stakeholders take fight against drug abuse to the grassroots

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  Sierra Leone to host African Conference on Sexual Health and Rights

 Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  The world’s ten most neglected crises are all in Africa - NRC

 Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  The Gambia working out modalities for ex-leader Jammeh's trial - official

 Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria: Ban of commercial motorcycles begins in Lagos

 Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  Liberia, China, OHCHR hold summit on right to development

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 Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  Liberia, World Bank sign $40 million budget support

 Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria's Methodist Church leader narrates ordeal in kidnappers’ den

 Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  Sierra Leone government releases summary of census result

 Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  Cameroon’s military frees senator, other separatist hostages

 Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  Ghana's police chief accuses UK envoy of interference

 Tue-31-May-2022  |  UN report links Mali army to rise in rights abuses

 Tue-31-May-2022  |  Two Wagner paramilitaries killed in Central African Republic

 Tue-31-May-2022  |  UN urges Guinea's Junta to lift ban on political protests

 Tue-31-May-2022  |  Niger launches campaign to return IDPs to their homes

 Tue-31-May-2022  |  Abducted Nigerian Methodist Prelate regains freedom

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 Tue-31-May-2022  |  Ghana Bar Association offers $2,580 bounty for info on killers of lawyer

 Tue-31-May-2022  |  Senegal inaugurates world’s largest purpose-built hospital ship, the Global Mercy

 Tue-31-May-2022  |  Nigeria Customs issues 14-day ultimatum to companies to pay excise duty

 Tue-31-May-2022  |  Gabon launches anti-poaching operation

 Mon-30-May-2022  |  Children among 31 killed at church fair stampede in Nigeria

 Mon-30-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso: 39 terrorists and two soldiers die in military offensives

 Mon-30-May-2022  |  AU summit ends in Malabo with calls for an AU army

 Mon-30-May-2022  |  Ghana's govt purposely crippling parliament, deputy minority whip tells WADR

 Mon-30-May-2022  |  Gambian President Barrow pledges $100,000 at AU Humanitarian Summit

 Mon-30-May-2022  |  Sierra Leone lawmakers to close debates on president Bio's speech

 Mon-30-May-2022  |  Niger says around 700 civilians and 500 Soldiers killed since 2013

 Mon-30-May-2022  |  Nigeria's main opposition party names Atiku Abubakar as its flagbearer

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Senegal health minister sacked after babies die in hospital fire

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Liberia commits to war crimes court establishment

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Two dead in protest over arrested Burkina gold miners

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Armed assailants kill about 50 people in eastern Burkina Faso

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Ghana: Many unaware of anti-terrorism campaign helplines

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Over half of death row inmates in sub-Saharan Africa are in Nigeria – Report

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso’s bakeries shut down over soaring wheat prices

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Ghana's Parliament has no money to function, Speaker laments

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Nigeria to review guidelines for fighting sickle cell anemia

 Fri-27-May-2022  |  Cholera kills 140 people in seven months in Cameroon

 Thu-26-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso: "record seizure" of more than 115 kg of cocaine

 Thu-26-May-2022  |  'Nigeria's weak domestic laws fuel insecurity'

 Thu-19-May-2022  |  The Gambia to prosecute exiled ex-president Jammeh

 Thu-26-May-2022  |  Niger says Army killed 40 Boko Haram fighters on Lake Chad Islands

 Thu-26-May-2022  |  Senegal hospital fire: 11 newborn babies die in Tivaouane

 Thu-26-May-2022  |  Liberia Vice President calls for collective efforts against SGBV

 Wed-25-May-2022  |  Nigeria to prosecute candidates with forged academic credentials

 Wed-25-May-2022  |  Ghana MPs charged to declare assets

 Wed-25-May-2022  |  The Gambia calls for better cooperation to fight child trafficking

 Wed-25-May-2022  |  Ghana's disaster management agency decries floods

 Wed-25-May-2022  |  Gambia named most happy country in West Africa, 8th in Africa

 Wed-25-May-2022  |  Bamanakan, Ewe, Krio included as Google Translate adds 24 languages

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  Nigeria: Neglect of contraceptives makes women vulnerable, group says

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  Some militant arms in Niger came from West African state stockpiles, report says

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  Ghana launches anti-terror campaign after attacks in Benin, Togo

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  Germany pledges long-term support to Niger in fight against terrorism

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  How Mali and Russia are further strengthening ties

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  Ghana raises interest rates again as inflation climbs

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  Nigeria: Rescue operations ongoing following fresh Lagos building collapse

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  ECOWAS moves to support protection of children victims of human rights violations

 Tue-24-May-2022  |  Health Minister calls for mobilization of resources to tackle fistula in Niger

 Mon-23-May-2022  |  At least 30 terrorists killed as Burkina Faso military detachment repels attack

 Mon-23-May-2022  |  Terrorist groups recruiting Ghanaians, government reveals

 Mon-23-May-2022  |  IOM facilitates voluntary return of 193 Gambians from Libya and Niger

 Mon-23-May-2022  |  Italian family abducted in southern Mali

 Mon-23-May-2022  |  Chad urges Mali to rejoin anti-jihadist force G5 Sahel

 Mon-23-May-2022  |  Africans Rising commences 'African Liberation Week'

 Fri-20-May-2022  |  Nigeria: Governor raises alarm over presence of Boko Haram, ISWAP in Kaduna

 Fri-20-May-2022  |  ECOWAS experts in Burkina to assess security situation

 Fri-20-May-2022  |  Kidnappers of Nigerian college students arrested

 Fri-20-May-2022  |  Gambian tricycle operators demand restoration of operations

 Fri-20-May-2022  |  Senegal probing possible homophobic mob attack

 Fri-20-May-2022  |  Top money launderer for Ghana 'fraud boys' gets 9 Years

 Fri-20-May-2022  |  Liberians bemoan scarcity of smaller Liberian dollar banknotes

 Fri-20-May-2022  |  Ghana foreign minister decries food insecurity in Africa

 Thu-19-May-2022  |  Niger President says Mali's withdrawal marks 'death' of G5 Sahel alliance

 Thu-19-May-2022  |  Togo govt alleges 15 assailants killed during last week's attack

 Thu-19-May-2022  |  Suspected IPOB members launch attack in Nigeria's Delta State:

 Thu-19-May-2022  |  Workers bemoan low incomes despite passage of Liberia's biggest budget

 Thu-19-May-2022  |  Sierra Leone lawmakers urge government to prioritize poor students for loans

 Thu-19-May-2022  |  Nigeria, Czech Republic launch $16.2m R&D project

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  EU leaves military training in Mali suspended

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  Nigeria Train attack: Kidnapped victims’ relatives slam planned service resumption

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  Mali arrests former military chiefs over financial embezzlement

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  Chad arrests opposition leaders over anti-France protest

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  Ghana faces credible terrorist threat – National Security Council

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso rescuers find no survivors in flooded mine's rescue chamber

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  Nigeria to increase investments in aviation safety, security

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  Business booms as Togo reopens border with Ghana

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  COVID-19 cases rise in 4 of 6 WHO regions: World health chief

 Wed-18-May-2022  |  Sierra Leone: November 5 fire disaster taskforce presents findings

 Tue-17-May-2022  |  Le Togo et l'UE renforcent la lutte contre la piraterie maritime

 Tue-17-May-2022  |  Mali's military junta says it foiled attempted coup

 Tue-17-May-2022  |  Ghanaian experts call for enhanced security after attacks in Togo

 Tue-17-May-2022  |  Guinea Bissau: Reactions as President Embalo dissolves Parliament

 Tue-17-May-2022  |  Nigeria's electoral umpire seeks more women's participation in politics

 Tue-17-May-2022  |  Activists in the Gambia call for greater inclusion of women in governance

 Tue-17-May-2022  |  Experts call for creation of 'functional' ECOWAS market

 Tue-17-May-2022  |  Ghana hosts 13th WTPO conference tomorrow

 Mon-16-May-2022  |  Mali withdraws from G5 Sahel

 Mon-16-May-2022  |  Ghana religous groups urged to institute security measures at worship places

 Mon-16-May-2022  |  Guinea junta bans political protests

 Mon-16-May-2022  |  Chad: Hundreds stage anti-French Protest In N'djamena

 Mon-16-May-2022  |  Nigeria's Sokoto state declares curfew over student killing protests

 Mon-16-May-2022  |  U.S. congressional caucus gets petition to sanction more Liberians for corruption

 Mon-16-May-2022  |  Gambian women stranded in the Middle East

 Mon-16-May-2022  |  ECOWAS Health Ministers converge on Accra to plan against future pandemics

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  Liberia to locally manufacture essential drugs

 Fri-13-May-2022  |  Liberia: Agnes Taylor sues war crimes court advocates for wrongful prosecution

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  ECOWAS Court orders repeal of Senegal's ban on protests in Dakar

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 Fri-13-May-2022  |  African Union plans military drills of continental security force in 2023

 Fri-13-May-2022  |  Gunmen kill six Nigerian soldiers in ambush on army patrol

 Fri-13-May-2022  |  Sahel food crisis to worsen to worsen during lean period: ICRC

 Fri-13-May-2022  |  Rescue efforts underway after Cameroon air crash

 Fri-13-May-2022  |  Pressure mounts for dismissal of Liberia's Foreign Minister over passport saga

 Fri-13-May-2022  |  Nigeria: President Buhari begs varsity lecturers to call off strike

 Fri-13-May-2022  |  Inflation beyond our control, Ghana govt says

 Fri-13-May-2022  |  Togo amends cap on prices of local and imported goods

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  World Bank Group launches new Country Partnership Framework for Gambia

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  Malian Judge Summons French Foreign Minister

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  Ghana: Passengers to pay more for transport fares

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  Nigerian media stakeholders canvass for adequate protection for journalists

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  Germany agrees to boost its Mali UN contingent

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  JPMorgan delists Nigeria from emerging market list

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  Tariff hike: Ghana govt meets utility companies

 Thu-12-May-2022  |  Liberia: MARCO CEO urges restraint from Morris Farm residents

 Wed-11-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso: Sankara assassination suspects ordered to pay US$1.3 million in damages

 Wed-11-May-2022  |  Gambian leader blames politicians for slow pace of development

 Wed-11-May-2022  |  Ghana utility service providers propose tariff increments

 Wed-11-May-2022  |  Nigeria's electoral commission maintains election timetable

 Wed-11-May-2022  |  Senegal launches cash transfers to households

 Wed-11-May-2022  |  Cameroonian villagers protest renewed Boko Haram violence

 Wed-11-May-2022  |  The time is now to future proof the land, world leaders say at the Abidjan Summit

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  OSF Deputy Chair Soros visits Senegal, meets President Sall

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  At least 60 prisoners escape in Burkina Faso jailbreak

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  ‘Bandits’ kill 48 in northwest Nigeria attacks: Local officials

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso: Demonstrators demand the release of Lieutenant Colonel Zoungrana

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  Cote d'Ivoire's National Assembly Speaker dies

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  Nigerian airlines suspend plans to ground flights

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  Calls grow for Ghana to develop own press freedom index

 Mon-09-May-2022  |  Sierra Leone's President commissions 3.25 million metric tonnes Marampa Mines Limited

 Fri-06-May-2022  |  West African defence chiefs meet over rising insecurity

 Fri-06-May-2022  |  Cameroon takes over as chair of AU's Peace and Security Council

 Fri-06-May-2022  |  Former aide to ex-Ivorian PM Guillaume Soro arrested in Abidjan

 Fri-06-May-2022  |  Niger registers more than 36,000 new refugees in four months

 Fri-06-May-2022  |  IDPs face severe food insecurity, The Gambia reveals

 Fri-06-May-2022  |  Ghana government defends press freedom despite decline

 Fri-06-May-2022  |  Strike: Nigerian govt meets non-academic staff union of universities

 Thu-05-May-2022  |  Gambian President announces new cabinet

 Thu-05-May-2022  |  Liberia ant-corruption boss wants special corruption court

 Thu-05-May-2022  |  Covid-19: South African scientists detect two new Omicron subvariants

 Thu-05-May-2022  |  Ghana's apex court dismisses application for Injunction against E-Levy

 Thu-05-May-2022  |  Nigeria: University students protest continued ASUU strike

 Thu-05-May-2022  |  Liberia trains health officials on emergency care system

 Wed-04-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso request extradition of Francois Compaore from France

 Wed-04-May-2022  |  UN Chief in Nigeria: calls for funding to tackle humanitarian challenges

 Wed-04-May-2022  |  Complains of unfair deductions trail implementation of E-levy in Ghana

 Wed-04-May-2022  |  Liberia: Former electoral chief seeks new electoral reforms

 Wed-04-May-2022  |  Sierra Leone's Parliament launches five-year strategic plan

 Wed-04-May-2022  |  Nigeria: 50 passengers rescued after fire guts aircraft tyres

 Tue-03-May-2022  |  Nigeria Union of Journalists tasks media practitioners on professional standards

 Tue-03-May-2022  |  The Gambia on steady rise in World Press Freedom Index - GPU

 Tue-03-May-2022  |  Media Foundation for West Africa calls for greater protection of journalists

 Tue-03-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso launches judicial investigation into zinc mine flood

 Tue-03-May-2022  |  Chadian opposition welcomes dialogue postponement

 Tue-03-May-2022  |  Cameroonian senator, driver kidnapped in restive Anglophone region

 Tue-03-May-2022  |  Liberian nurse suspended for professional malpractice

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  Guinea junta announces 39-month transition to civilian rule

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  Mali air raids neutralize at least 12 terrorists

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  Joint West African Military Force kills terrorists in Lake Chad Basin

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  Unions and civil servants celebrate international worker’s Day in Nigeria

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  Burkina Faso PM promises to implement workers' demands.

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  May Day: Ghana workers lament poor remuneration and neglect by govt

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  Norbert Toe appointed Interim Governor of West African Central Bank

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  UN and Senegal to collaborate on regional security

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  UN chief urges quick return to democracy in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali

 Mon-02-May-2022  |  Gambian President Barrow calls for peace in Eid message

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  French army rejects Malian accusations of spying

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Burkina Faso junta defends 36-month transition plan

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Ghana: 'Democracy Has Been Good for us' - President Akufo-Addo

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Liberian authorities investigate aborted landing of SN Brussels

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Beninese President rejects pension plan for lawmakers

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria reveals 20,000 women are trapped in Mali

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Ghana says 842 victims of trafficking rescued in 2021

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Liberia court drops charges against elections chief

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Sierra Leone court orders reform of main opposition party

 Fri-29-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria’s organised labour threatens to strike over varsities staff' demands

 Thu-28-Apr-2022  |  Mandatory drug test proposed for political aspirants in Nigeria

 Thu-28-Apr-2022  |  Mali suspends French broadcasters France 24 and RFI

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 Thu-28-Apr-2022  |  Ghanaian students evacuated from Ukraine lament failed promises

 Thu-28-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria outlaws ransom payments, kidnap now punishable by death

 Thu-28-Apr-2022  |  WFP launches cash transfer to assist IDPs in The Gambia

 Thu-28-Apr-2022  |  Sudan frees ex-officials in effort to end political impasse

 Thu-28-Apr-2022  |  Sierra Leone Parliament meets with Civil Society Organizations

 Thu-28-Apr-2022  |  Liberia's Justice Ministry petitioned to prosecute Police Chief over rape allegation

 Wed-27-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria commits over $119 million to export oriented businesses

 Wed-27-Apr-2022  |  At least one killed in attack on north Benin police station

 Wed-27-Apr-2022  |  Mali military launches probe after discovery of mass grave

 Wed-27-Apr-2022  |  U.S. identifies 'worrying' trend of human rights abuses in Ghana

 Wed-27-Apr-2022  |  No new timetable for transition, Burkina Faso military says

 Wed-27-Apr-2022  |  Beninese president holds talks with govt unions over salary increment

 Wed-27-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria delists 10 Health Management Organizations

 Tue-26-Apr-2022  |  Bush fire engulfs Sierra Leone's forest reserve

 Tue-26-Apr-2022  |  Public sector workers in Ghana demand political neutrality allowance

 Tue-26-Apr-2022  |  Mali jihadist group claims capture of Russian Wagner group operative

 Tue-26-Apr-2022  |  Sankara trial resumes to discuss compensation

 Tue-26-Apr-2022  |  Education reporters in Nigeria demand immediate reopening of varsities

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Several soldiers killed, dozens injured in attacks in Mali

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Coups: OSIWA tasks ECOWAS on collaboration with CSOs

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Niger approves deployment of European special forces

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Benin gets $658 million extended credit facility from IMF

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Over one million doses of malaria vaccine administered to children in Ghana

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  DRC declares new Ebola outbreak in Mbandaka

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Casamance: Senegalese Army reacts after stray bullets landed on Gambian territory

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Guinean opposition reacts to release of ex-president Conde from house arrest

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Nigerian president mourns victims of Imo explosion, orders clampdown on illegal refineries

 Mon-25-Apr-2022  |  Two tons of cocaine seized in Côte d'Ivoire

 Fri-22-Apr-2022  |  Nigerian president orders quick rescue of all kidnapped persons

 Fri-22-Apr-2022  |  ISWAP claims Nigeria bombing, says about 30 killed or hurt

 Fri-22-Apr-2022  |  Niger opposition demands referendum on deployment of foreign troops

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 Fri-22-Apr-2022  |  Victims of alleged Gambia ‘death squad’ driver demand justice ahead of trial

 Fri-22-Apr-2022  |  Ex-Vice President rejects claims he wants Sierra Leone sanctioned

 Fri-22-Apr-2022  |  Senegal: Health workers strike in solidarity with arrested midwives

 Fri-22-Apr-2022  |  Civil and local government workers strike in Ghana

 Fri-22-Apr-2022  |  Leadership crisis engulf Liberia's teachers union

 Thu-21-Apr-2022  |  Mali blocking investigators from alleged massacre site, UN says

 Thu-21-Apr-2022  |  National Media Viability and Investment Conference underway in Sierra Leone

 Thu-21-Apr-2022  |  Nigerian Navy reiterates commitment to maritime security

 Thu-21-Apr-2022  |  Reappointed Ivorian PM announces new government

 Thu-21-Apr-2022  |  Nigerian govt urged to create more disability-inclusive society

 Thu-21-Apr-2022  |  Ghana's trainee teachers to feed themselves from May 8

 Wed-20-Apr-2022  |  Gambia: New Speaker of Parliament calls for exiled Yahya Jammeh's return

 Wed-20-Apr-2022  |  Politicians sponsoring thuggery says Nigeria's electoral commission

 Wed-20-Apr-2022  |  Cote d’Ivoire: Achi reappointed PM, regional bank chief named VP

 Wed-20-Apr-2022  |  Ghana opposition members hint at legal action against president Akufo-Addo

 Wed-20-Apr-2022  |  Chrisland: Mixed reactions trail Nigerian pupil’s explicit video

 Wed-20-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria and South Korea to deepen cooperation in culture and entertainment

 Wed-20-Apr-2022  |  Senegal, U.S. to help lead upcoming global COVID-19 summit

 Wed-20-Apr-2022  |  Cape Verdeans lament high cost of living amid soaring inflation

 Tue-19-Apr-2022  |  Ghana and Burkina Faso probe armed attack on farmers at border

 Tue-19-Apr-2022  |  Ghana's cedi to depreciate further against dollar in 2022 - EIU

 Tue-19-Apr-2022  |  The Gambia seize 1.5 million USD worth of illicit drugs in 2021

 Tue-19-Apr-2022  |  Liberia: CSOs threaten protest against autopsy result of Princess Cooper

 Tue-19-Apr-2022  |  Gambian Publisher Baba Hydara reacts to President Barrow's controversial MP pick

 Tue-19-Apr-2022  |  Ghana to implement energy transition at own pace – Energy Ministry

 Tue-19-Apr-2022  |  EU backs Cote d’Ivoire's anti-fake news campaign

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 Tue-19-Apr-2022  |  African companies face challenges battling cybercrime

 Mon-18-Apr-2022  |  Guinea transitional authorities say no election before the general census

 Mon-18-Apr-2022  |  Burkina Faso to recruit thousands of soldiers to fight terrorism

 Mon-18-Apr-2022  |  Mali Army says dozens of terrorists in airstrikes

 Mon-18-Apr-2022  |  Liberia signs MOU with partners to strengthen development cooperation

 Mon-18-Apr-2022  |  Easter: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 15.92% as food, gas prices soar

 Mon-18-Apr-2022  |  Sierra Leone launches national strategy for financial inclusion

 Mon-18-Apr-2022  |  US grants temporary deportation relief to Cameroonians

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  Sierra launches mass anti-rabies vaccination program

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  Gambia: Red Cross Society distributes over $100,000 to IDPs and refugees

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  Think-tank advises dialogue with jihadists in the Sahel

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  U.S. Marine Raiders train Nigerian naval officers on counterterrorism, others

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  Private tech firm to handle Nigeria's railway identification system

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  Ghana to probe alleged corruption in High School placement processes

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  Ex-President Koroma resigns as leader of Sierra Leone's main opposition party

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  Celebrate Easter with caution— Ghana's President Akufo-Addo

 Fri-15-Apr-2022  |  WHO: COVID cases, deaths in Africa drop to lowest levels yet

 Thu-14-Apr-2022  |  Amnesty criticizes Mali over slow pace of probe into alleged rights abuses

 Thu-14-Apr-2022  |  South Africa: Flood death toll rises to more than 306

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 Thu-14-Apr-2022  |  Insecurity: Nigerian lawmakers call for sack of defence minister, security adviser

 Thu-14-Apr-2022  |  UNICEF calls on Nigerian govt to make schools safe for children

 Thu-14-Apr-2022  |  Sierra Leone addresses recommendations of 2018 election observers

 Thu-14-Apr-2022  |  Again, Liberia performs poorly in United States Human Rights Report

 Thu-14-Apr-2022  |  Ghana government speaks on recent power outages

 Wed-13-Apr-2022  |  UNICEF raises alarm, says Nigeria Education faces learning crisis

 Wed-13-Apr-2022  |  Deaths from noncommunicable diseases on the rise in Africa -WHO

 Wed-13-Apr-2022  |  Sierra Leone: Amputee and War Wounded Association press for compensation

 Wed-13-Apr-2022  |  Ghana #FixTheCountry activist accuses police of torture during detention

 Wed-13-Apr-2022  |  Sierra Leone parliament approves electoral commissioner nominee

 Wed-13-Apr-2022  |  Africa CDC presents equipment to Ghanaian research institution

 Wed-13-Apr-2022  |  Liberia: Families of 1980 coup victims call for proper burial for them

 Wed-13-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria to digitize all passport issuance processes

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  Gambia: President Adama Barrow breaks silence on legislative elections

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  One dead, others injured, in Nigeria prison’s inmates’ brawl

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  Fear of fish shortage looms in Sierra Leone

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  EU ends military training mission in Mali

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  Don't stop voting with marbles, AU Election Mission tells The Gambia

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria: Police rescue 39 kidnap victims in Zamfara

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  Mali holds workshop on border security

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  Togo: Summit on political transitions, anti-terrorism in W/Africa postponed

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  UN says $351 million needed for food security, nutrition in northeast Nigeria

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  Ghana state-owned enterprises record $843 million losses

 Tue-12-Apr-2022  |  Liberia: Advocacy group slams govt's 'wasteful' spending

 Mon-11-Apr-2022  |  Gambian president's party falls short of majority in parliamentary vote

 Mon-11-Apr-2022  |  At least 13 die as two migrant boats sink off Tunisia

 Mon-11-Apr-2022  |  Guinea asks bauxite miners to present local refinery plans by May

 Mon-11-Apr-2022  |  Guinea-Bissau's govt closes 79 radio stations for non-payment of license fees

 Mon-11-Apr-2022  |  150 beggars evacuated from streets of Nigeria's capital

 Mon-11-Apr-2022  |  Group calls for immediate trial of Ex-Guinean leader Alpha Condé

 Mon-11-Apr-2022  |  At least twelve soldiers killed in Burkina Faso attack, says army

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  UN demands urgent access to site of alleged Mali massacre in Moura

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria: Illegal structures demolished near Abuja Airport

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  Gambia: Elections Watch trains, deploys 71 long-term observers

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  Mali accuses West African economic union of ignoring order to lift sanctions

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  Ghana Vice President blames negative credit ratings, others for cedi’s woes

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  ECOWAS deploys 40 observers for parliamentary election in The Gambia

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  UNHCR begins voluntary repatriation of Ivorian refugees from Liberia

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  Pastors embark on peaceful protest over insecurity in Nigeria

 Fri-08-Apr-2022  |  Cape Verdean police seize over 5 tonnes of cocaine

 Thu-07-Apr-2022  |  Thomas Sankara: Court sentences ex-Burkina Faso President Compaore to life in prison

 Thu-07-Apr-2022  |  American nun, 83, kidnapped by gunmen in Burkina Faso

 Thu-07-Apr-2022  |  Insecurity: Nigerian lawmakers meet security chiefs

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 Thu-07-Apr-2022  |  Senegal hosts regional summit on climate change and security in West Africa

 Thu-07-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria's electoral umpire threatens to disqualify political parties if…

 Thu-07-Apr-2022  |  Ghana Health Service, USAID sign MoU on behavioural change project

 Wed-06-Apr-2022  |  Mali transitional govt condemns ECOWAS AND WAEMU sanctions

 Wed-06-Apr-2022  |  Summit on journalist-military cooperation underway in Nigeria

 Wed-06-Apr-2022  |  10 soldiers killed as bandits attack military base in Nigeria

 Wed-06-Apr-2022  |  HRW alleges Malian forces 'summarily executed' some 300 civilians

 Wed-06-Apr-2022  |  Three Ghanaian ruling party MPs to face disciplinary procedure

 Wed-06-Apr-2022  |  Togo inaugurates new members of electoral commission

 Wed-06-Apr-2022  |  Dock Workers in Sierra Leone threaten to strike over end-of-service payment

 Wed-06-Apr-2022  |  West Africa facing worst food crisis in ten years - aid agencies

 Tue-05-Apr-2022  |  Togo to host conference on political transitions, anti-terrorism in W/Africa

 Tue-05-Apr-2022  |  Burkina Faso: Political Party proposes dialogue on secularism and religion

 Tue-05-Apr-2022  |  Ghana: Uber, Bolt, Yango drivers embark on two-day strike

 Tue-05-Apr-2022  |  Ghana on high alert for potential terror attacks - minister

 Tue-05-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria partners UNMAS to protect civilians from mines and explosives

 Tue-05-Apr-2022  |  Health and environmental workers in The Gambia embark on sit-down-strike

 Tue-05-Apr-2022  |  Ghana president dismisses suggestion that E-Levy will impoverish the poor

 Tue-05-Apr-2022  |  World Bank approves $40 million finance package for Liberia

 Mon-04-Apr-2022  |  Senegal's leader assures of developmental projects on 62nd anniversary

 Mon-04-Apr-2022  |  Ghana president petitioned to sack high court Judge.

 Mon-04-Apr-2022  |  ECOWAS, Burkina Faso junta hold talks over return to democracy

 Mon-04-Apr-2022  |  Mali says 200 militants killed in military operation

 Mon-04-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria deploys police to troubled Abuja-Kaduna highway

 Mon-04-Apr-2022  |  Sierra Leone imposes one month nationwide fishing ban

 Mon-04-Apr-2022  |  IDPs in The Gambia call for end to fighting in Senegal's Casamance

 Mon-04-Apr-2022  |  Nigeria implements revised COVID travel protocol

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  Gambia nabs 13 foreigners over alleged online scamming, fraudulent activities

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  Burkina junta says talks underway to free ousted president

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  Mali receives combat helicopters from Russia

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  Gunmen attack estate in Nigeria's Kaduna State

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  The unlikely impact of motorcycles in a Gambian town

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  Insecurity: Allow Nigerians to carry guns — lawmaker pleads

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  Ghana President signs E-Levy bill into law

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  Liberia govt debunks rice shortage rumours

 Fri-01-Apr-2022  |  Sierra Leone: CSOs and gender ministry push for equality bill

 Thu-31-Mar-2022  |  Ghana to commence COVID-19 vaccine production by 2024

 Thu-31-Mar-2022  |  Nigerian politician Dumebi Kachikwu discusses the state of the country

 Thu-31-Mar-2022  |  Ex-UN envoy calls for more women's participation in politics in The Gambia

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 Thu-31-Mar-2022  |  Ghana's president warns against suggestions of a military takeover

 Thu-31-Mar-2022  |  M23 rebels in DRC deny shooting down UN helicopter

 Thu-31-Mar-2022  |  Nigeria: Women's group press for more women participation in politics

 Thu-31-Mar-2022  |  Telecom workers in Sierra Leone down tools over allegations of mismanagement

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Train Attack: Nigerian leader meets security chiefs

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  EU to recalibrate ongoing training missions in Mali

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Guinea transitional govt suspends two top officials

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 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Two Senegalese busted with canoe full of cannabis sativa in the Gambia

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  UN peacekeeping mission helicopter shot down in DRC

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Gambia's Elections Watch Committee suspects foul play

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Liberia: Police dismiss rogue officers

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Ghana: Parliamentary minority to challenge controversial tax law

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Togo reviews oil prices amid fluctuation in global prices

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Stakeholders urged to shore up confidence in ECOWAS electricity market

 Wed-30-Mar-2022  |  Nigerians spend estimated $33 million annually to study in Ukraine

 Tue-29-Mar-2022  |  Many feared dead after gunmen attack passenger train in Nigeria

 Tue-29-Mar-2022  |  West African leaders worried over spate of coups and bad governance

 Tue-29-Mar-2022  |  Ghana: Expert calls for review of directive over face masks

 Tue-29-Mar-2022  |  Sierra Leone's main opposition party gets new constitution

 Tue-29-Mar-2022  |  Liberia's legislature refuses to ratify ArcelorMittal agreement

 Tue-29-Mar-2022  |  Nigerian students begin daily protest in Abuja

 Mon-28-Mar-2022  |  Blue deal reached at World Water Forum in Senegal

 Mon-28-Mar-2022  |  Interview: Nigerian scholar reacts to attack on Kaduna airport

 Mon-28-Mar-2022  |  Liberia partners with West African institutions to fight corruption

 Mon-28-Mar-2022  |  ECOWAS gives Guinea junta April 25 deadline to return to democratic rule

 Mon-28-Mar-2022  |  U.S. imposes sanctions on six Nigerians linked to Boko Haram

 Mon-28-Mar-2022  |  Guinea signs $15bn deal to resume Simandou iron ore development

 Mon-28-Mar-2022  |  Hundreds of Nigeriens repatriated from Senegal

 Mon-28-Mar-2022  |  Ghana reopens land borders after 2-year closure

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