West Africa

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing take-home rations to 5,000 pre-primary and primary school children and their household members.  The rations comprising of rice, fortified vegetable oil, and pulses are intended to mitigate the impact of the…

Nigeria's House of Representatives has asked the office of the National Security Adviser and the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development to immediately stop issuing licenses to oil servicing companies for the importation of explosives. This followed concerns that licensed…

Lawyers representing victims of one of the deadliest massacres in Liberia, have presented evidence to a judge in the United States, calling for the prosecution of Colonel Moses Thomas, the former head of an elite unit within the Armed Forces…

The government of Senegal has lifted nighttime curfew on the capital city of Dakar and a nearby region of Thies. The curfew was lifted on Friday. The government imposed the restriction on the regions in January amid the increase in…

deadly clashes reportedly took place on Saturday between unidentified armed individuals and volunteers for the defense of the country. According to a police source, two volunteers were killed in the double attack, and a dozen people were killed in the…

UNICEF has condemned in the strongest possible terms, the horrific killings of civilians perpetrated by unidentified armed elements in the villages of Darey-dey and Sinégogar, Tillabery region, in western Niger.  A reported 58 people, including six children aged 11 to…

At least three Soldiers and five villagers have lost their lives following an attack by bandits in Kabasa village of Zamfara State, Nigeria. The victims were killed while repelling bandits’ attack in Magami District, Gusau Local Government Area of the…

Two Malian soldiers were killed on Monday in an attack attributed to jihadists in the northeast, near the borders of Burkina Faso and Niger, the army said overnight. The relief of the Tessit post, southwest of Ansongo, was ambushed, the…

The premises of National Elections Commission, (NEC) of Liberia has been attacked by some unknown assailants. The incident which occurred on Monday night, was only revealed on Tuesday evening by the commission which indicated that Preliminary investigation indicate petrol bombs…

German authorities have arrested a member of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad for suspected crimes committed in the Gambia between 2003 and 2006. Bai Lowe is accused of crimes against humanity and is expected to be brought before an…

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed at least six Boko Haram terrorists along the Dikwa – Ajiri axis in the Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State – Northeast Nigeria. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed…

In Cote d’Ivoire, thousands of residents of Abobo, North of the capital – Abidjan on Tuesday, converged in the municipality and proceeded to picket at the town hall in honor of their Mayor and the late Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed…