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West Africa like many countries in the world is endowed with abundant mineral resources but many of its member states remain underdeveloped and their citizens remain poor. Experts in the region say unless regional countries adopt a strategic approach of…

Research fellow at the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is calling for the protection of unaccompanied child migrants. Unaccompanied minor migrants are underage migrants, who for various reasons leave their country…

Security analyst Adib Saani says it is in the interest of all countries within the West African Sub-Region to ensure law and order prevails in Chad. This follows the sudden death of President Idriss Déby Itno on April 19, 2021.…

Women in miningface similar problems aswomenin any other technicalindustry. The lack of skills, due partly to lack of interest, prejudice and cultural restrictions, combine to rob this huge portion of the nation's human capital from development and application. In this report,…

The temporary suspension of the joint military operation by the French government between its troops and the Malian forces is being seen as creating an opening in the ongoing fight against insurgency. France however said its decision is linked to…

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With a population of nearly two hundred million people, Nigeria, like many developing countries is struggling to cater to the needs of its citizens despite being the premier economic powerhouse in Africa. More than 10 million children in the country…

Anna Badkhen has spent most of her life in the Global South. Her immersive investigations of the world's iniquities have yielded six books of literary nonfiction. Her essays and dispatches appear in periodicals and literary magazines such as the New…

Polymath artist, curator, art director and cultural entrepreneur Pierre-Christophe Gam, trained as an interior architect at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and Central St. Martins in London. In his professional career, he has specialized in art…

A South African of Indian descent,  Amita Makan is an award winning embroidery artist.                                    

As Ghana continues to celebrate 65 years of independence, today we put the spotlight on Joseph William Swain deGraft-Johnson, who was a Ghanaian engineer, academic and Ghana’s first Vice President.  WADR’s Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson has been speaking to his daughter, Dr.…