West Africa

Burkina Faso has launched the 2024-2025 cotton season with a massive campaign aimed at improving the sector. At the flagoff occasion on Monday, the Burkinabe transitional president, Captain Ibrahim Traore, announced the disbursement of 10 billion CFA Francs to support…

The defence lawyer of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko has filed an appeal against the Swiss Federal Criminal Court ruling against his client This comes after the court sentenced Sonko to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity…

The Nigerien and American military authorities have reached an agreement on the deadline for the final withdrawal of American soldiers based in Niger, no later than September 15, 2024. The decision comes after the Nigerien military authorities denounced the military…

Massive preparations are currently ongoing in Central Liberia,  Gbarnge to receive over 4,300 soon to be repatriated Liberians who are stranded in the former refugee camp, Buduburam in Ghana. The camp has been home to Liberians for the past 35…

Efforts to combat terrorism financing in Nigeria, particularly in the northeast, are being severely hindered by poor collaboration among law enforcement and regulatory agencies.  To address this critical issue, a national dialogue was held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Saturday, to…

President Akufo-Addo’s convoy has been involved in a fatal accident with one person confirmed dead. A statement from the Presidency indicated the President’s convoy was involved in the fatal accident along the Bunso-Akyem Asafo stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway. According…

Two of 16 fire victims in a community near Sekondi in Ghana’s Western Region, have died.  The other 14 are still fighting for their lives after sustaining scathing injuries. The Saturday May 18 fire disaster occurred around 4 pm when…

With support from the United Nations Development Program, the Institute For Research and Democratic Development (IREDD), has embarked on a massive awareness drive for the full implementation of the Revenue Sharing Act seeking to empower local communities.   In 2022, the legislature…

The late former Ivorian President Henri Konan Bédié, who passed away on August 1, 2023, at the age of 89, will be laid to rest in his hometown of Pepressou in central Côte d’Ivoire on June 1, 2024, in a…

In Tunisia’s capital Tunis, hundreds of people demonstrated on Sunday, in support of President Kais Saied amidst widespread criticism and a wave of arrests involving journalists, activists, and lawyers. The European Union, France, and the UN High Commissioner for Human…

French opposition figure Jean Luc Mélenchon and the Prime Minister of Senegal who is also the president of PASTEF, Ousmane Sonko, have pledged to collaborate within the scope of their political parties’ activities as the French politician concludes his official…

The World Food Program, WFP has supported some schools with the installation of school canteens in the Kolda region of Senegal. This project entitled Model Canteen, aims not only for the development of students but also for the preservation of…