West Africa

The Minority in Parliament in Ghana are urging the government to draw lessons from the Kenyan riot and seriously address concerns of the public as they express fears of possible replication in Ghana, especially as the 2021 military invasion of the…

Oncology doctors in Ghana, at the country’s second largest referral hospital, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have called of a strike which begun on June 24. This follows a meeting with the hospital’s management. The strike was in protest…

The death of Sadiba Koulibaly, a former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and second-in-command to the leader Gen Mamady Doumbouya, has been announced.   The prosecution at the Conakry Military Court provided the information on Tuesday evening. According…

The Declaration of March 31, a platform that brings together opposition political parties in Mali, has condemned the arrests of ten of its members last week. In a press release, the platform said the attack is an umpteenth assault in…

The Government of Niger is considering a partnership with Chad for the export of its crude oil into the International Market. At the Council of Ministers on Monday, June 24, 2024, Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine announced a communication…

Twenty soldiers and one civilian were killed yesterday Tuesday in the west of the country near the border with Burkina Faso. It was the Ministry of Defense which provided the information through a press release. He adds that the attack…

It has been established that human exploitation is on the rise in the gold mining region of Kedougou, in south-eastern Senegal. This was contained in the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report 2024. The report explains that traffickers mostly…

Hunger and malnutrition continue to wreak havoc on millions of people, especially children in Sub-Saharan Africa.  In view of this, World Vision, an international humanitarian NGO on Tuesday launched the “ENOUGH” campaign worldwide in the Senegalese Capital, Dakar. According to…

As Nigeria record’s 53 deaths and 1,528 suspected cases of cholera across 107 local government areas in 31 states as of Monday, Abuja, the country’s capital, has been described as highly vulnerable to the outbreak. Although so far, only one…

The Nigerian Army has raided illegal mining sites in Abia State, arresting 17 suspects involved in the illicit activities. This is in addition to seven other suspects arrested by the military on Friday last week, at the Isimmiri Waterside, in…

Five 5 Ghanaian Members of Parliament and a clerk who were caught up in the commotion that erupted in the precincts of the Kenyan Parliament have now been moved to safety.  Protestors besieged the premises to Kenyan legislature to resist…

The African Development Bank says it expenditure over the decade in The Gambia,  stands at over $250 million. This includes heavy investments in areas such as transport, agriculture, and energy, among others. These were contained in the AfDB’s recent country…