West Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO), says the death toll from the covid19 pandemic in Africa is expected to fall by nearly 94 percent by end of the year. The WHO Africa regional office citing the analysis, published this week in…

Sierra Leone will from the 27th June to the 1st July host the 10th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights themed "accelerating the elimination of sexual and gender based violence in Africa". The country's First Lady Fatima Bio has…

Stakeholders in Nigeria have taken the fight against drug abuse to the grassroots to ensure a drastic reduction of illicit drug use in the country. SILEC Initiative and Foundation, a national-based nongovernmental organization during a sensitization workshop in Nigeria's largest…

tension are on the rise among Church leaders in Liberia following the election of Rev. Dr. Samuel Reeves as President of the Council of Churches. Reeves who happens to be a critic of the ruling establishment was equally active in…

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed fears over the upsurge in armed robbery and other violent crimes being recorded in parts of the country.  This follows the killing of one of its members, Richard Badombie, by armed men in…

The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been freed after being abducted on Sunday, a church official confirmed. He was traveling with two other priests on a highway in the south-eastern state of Abia when they…

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been detailing the situation of internally displaced persons in Niger and the Government's efforts to bring them back to their homes, particularly in the Diffa region.  During the AU summit that ended over the weekend,…

The United Nations on Monday urged Guinea to lift a ban on political protests that the country's military rulers introduced earlier this month. A military junta has led Guinea since army officers led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya ousted elected president…

The UN’s Malian mission, MINUSMA, says civilian deaths and rights abuses attributable to the Malian armed forces and backed by “foreign military elements” surged in the first quarter of 2022. According to a report released on Monday, there was a…

The Ghana Police Service has called on the British High Commission to desist from meddling in the affairs of Ghana. This follows comments by the High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, about the arrest and detention of the lead convener of the…

The process employed over 15000 enumerators across the country using a 100% digital based system with its cartography validated internationally. Localities, wards, chiefdoms, districts, and regional populations were all embedded in the provisional result which has been released today Tuesday…

Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Kanu  Uche who was abducted by unknown gunmen last Sunday in Eastern part of the country and was later released on Monday by his abductors say a ransome of one hundred million…