West Africa

ECOWAS through its Gender Development Centre and the West Africa Regional Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN HCHR), is organizing a High-Level Meeting to Support the Protection of Children Victims of Human Rights Violations (PAPEV).…

Forty eight hours after a building collapse in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos, the state disaster management agency, LASEMA says rescue operations are ongoing to save persons trapped in the rubble. The agency has so confirmed that four people were killed…

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has for the second consecutive time increased the Policy Rate – the rate at which it lends to commercial banks by 200 basis points to 19%. This was announced by the…

Mali and Russia have agreed to add trade and development to their corporation strategy. The understanding reached between the two countries also consolidates the change of Mali’s alliances and strategy in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel. Sankulleh Janko…

On Monday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited his soldiers from Gazelle, a Nigerien special forces training mission in Azawak, in the Tahoua region.  The trip which took place under tight security was in line with President Mohamed Bazoum’s strategy to…

Ghana’s government will today, Tuesday launch a campaign aimed at raising citizen awareness on the threats and dangers of a possible terror attack in the country.  This follows the increasing activities of militant insurgency groups within the West African sub-region,…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi says the war in Ukraine and other conflicts have forcibly displaced total over 100 million for first time.  According to Grandi, this figure must ‘serve as a wake-up call’ for more action…

Beginning today, Monday, Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, and Dignity will hold a week-long series of activities in commemoration of Africa Day. May 25 each year, is celebrated in various countries on the continent, as well as around the world…

Chad's interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby has urged Mali's military junta to reconsider its decision to withdraw from a five-nation military force fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Malian authorities announced the decision last week, blaming the lack of…

In Mali, armed men kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali overnight, their church said on Friday. A spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses church in neighboring Senegal said the couple is in their 70s and their son…

In Liberia, several public sector workers are criticizing the government for failing to increase their take home pay despite the passage of the country’s biggest budget. The budget was recently passed into law by the Legislature and approved by President…

In Nigeria, gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have launched an attack in the South-South region of Delta State, killing one and razing several trucks. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr.…