WEEKLY TOP NEWS – GUINEA MALI Transition & Nigeria’s Underage Marriage Saga

This edition of your news and current affairs programme focuses on the botched Orphan girls marriage in Nigeria and the planned transition extension in Guinea and Mali.

This edition of your news and current affairs programme focuses on the botched Orphan girls marriage in Nigeria and the planned transition extension in Guinea and Mali.

This edition, we shift our attention to Nigeria as the Labour Congress (NLC), has described the federal government increase of civil servants by 35% as mischievous, insisting that the minimum wage should not be below N615,000 ($450). According to NLC,…

Tha new government in Senegal plans to set up a commission to compensate victims of deadly demonstrations from January 2021 to Febraury 2024. Scores of people were killed or injured during protests following the arrest of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko,…

Recently, Senegalese President Diomaye Faye has been pushing for the speedy adoption of a bill on whistle-blower protection. To ensure this is done, he has instructed his Minister of Justice to work on this to combat corruption more effectively. Corruption…

In this edition, we look at the agitation in MALI for the return to civilian rule. Also, a look at the constitutional crisis and the move to create a war crime court in Liberia.

Our debate hovers around Senegal’s strong democracy, the role played by civil society and the spark among young people to occupy governments in WEST AFRICA. For many political watchers, Senegal may inspire others in sub-Saharan Africa, restoring the country’s reputation…

This week, we zoom in on the just concluded presidential election in Senegal which was adjudged as free, fair and inclusive by the ECOWAS election observation mission, led by former Nigerian foreign affairs minister, Ibrahim Gambari. We will also examine…

Senegalese will go to the polls on March 24 to elect a new president. 19 qualified candidates in the race for the top job having until this midnight to convince the electorates. According to the state, 7 million voters are…

This edition of the program throws light on the security situation in Nigeria, and the transition extension in Guinea as well as the political development in Senegal ahead of its March 24 election.

In this edition of Weekly Top News, we shift our attention to the state of insecurity in Nigeria. In recent times, daredevil and soulless kidnappers have seemingly been overstretching their luck, poking brutal fingers into the eyes of security agencies…

The election in Senegal will be held on the 24th of March 2024, with confirmation from the constitutional council. However, with just 2 weeks to the elections, is this enough time for the candidates to sell their mandates? In this…

President Macky Sall again reaffirmed his commitment to leave office at the end of his mandate on April 2. The President stated this on his official Twitter handle. This is coming as he is set to receive the conclusive report…