West Africa

Niger and Russia have agreed to enter a new phase of strategic energy partnership. The countries committed to this agreement and others after a three-day working visit of the military-appointed Prime Minister Mahama Lamine Zeine to Moscow. Imoh Edet has…

The wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Evrard Somda, the former Gendemarie Boss of Burkina Faso is worried following the abduction of her husband last Sunday. In a statement issued on Friday, Djamila Somda said she still had no news of her husband.…

The Nigerian Police FCT command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected notorious kidnapper, Chinaza Philip, who had been terrorizing Nigeria’s capital city – Abuja and its neighbouring states. Confirming the arrest, a Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said, the suspect…

The Ivorian government is activating Article 13 of the nation’s finance law to aid the recovery of foreign tax debts to optimize resources for the State. Public accountants are thereby authorized to recover debts from States having concluded an international…

The Nigerian government worried about the exodus of professionals especially in the education sector to other shores, is seeking partnership with the European Union and the United States to save the sector.   The Minister of State for Education, Dr…

Liberia has flagged off its 2023 digital agricultural census, to be conducted shortly throughout the country.   With support from the World Bank, the country’s Institute for Statistics and Geo Information Services (LIGIS), will conduct the census in collaboration with…

The Senegalese political landscape is by the day gaining more attention as the February 25 general elections draw nearer. This time, the candidacy of Karim Wade, a presidential aspirant appears to be on solid ground, with the confirmation of his renunciation…

Following three days of deliberations in the southern Senegalese town of Tambacounda, Senegal, Mali, and Mauritania are intensifying their collaboration on cross-border security. Military delegations from the three nations have outlined a roadmap for 2024. The primary objective is to collectively…

The preliminary investigation and police custody at the Malian Economic and Financial Department in the case of the company in charge of energy came to an end. Multiple high-ranking executives from the Energy and Water Development Company (EDM), including the…

A Sierra Leone high court on Wednesday allowed ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged this month with treason, to travel abroad on medical grounds. Koroma, 70, was charged with four offenses for his alleged role in a failed military attempt to…

Aggrieved widows of the defunct Armed Forces of Liberia—AFL, have given the government a 24-hour ultimatum to pay them their benefits or risk a mass protest on Friday. With over 200 widows united in their cause, they are set to…

A coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Côte d’Ivoire, dedicated to combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV), has recently initiated the Zero GBV campaign, coinciding with the ongoing African Cup of Nation event in the country. Branded as the “Orange Tide,” the…