West Africa

Senegal’s Council for the Observation of the Rules of Ethics and Professional Conduct in the Media (CORED) has officially appointed its seven tribunal members. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Justice, Ismaïla Madior Fall. The newly…

The number of out-of-school children is on the increase due to the prevailing insecurity and violent extremism in the Sahel. Days after it released a report on Burkina Faso’s situation, the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF on Tuesday said children…

The M62 group in Niger has lodged a request with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prosecute former President Mahamadou Issoufou before the International Criminal Court ICC for crimes against humanity, advocating and importing terrorism into Niger, and imprisonment in…

The demonstrators of the Occupy Bank of Ghana protest have vowed to hit the streets again after the governor failed to meet them and accept their petition at the bank premises on Tuesday. The Minority Caucus in Parliament along with…

Liberia’s National Elections Commission NEC has commenced the distribution of essential electoral materials across the country, Political parties have also received the final voter roll. Addressing a news conference Tuesday, the Chairperson of the Commission Madam David-Etta Brown-Lansanah, said the…

The Federal government of Nigeria says it is partnering with Israel to strengthen its measures in several sectors such as security, technology, and agriculture. The collaboration was announced at the office of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),…

Guinea Bissau has released impounded Gambian vehicles following a seizure due to the lack of proper documentation. The seventeen (17) vehicles were released after discussions between President Adama Barrow and his counterpart, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, over the matter. According to…

Niger has accepted Algeria’s proposal for a mediation role to restore constitutional rule in the country after the coup two months ago. This was announced on Monday by the Algerian government through its ministry of foreign affairs Recall Algiers had…

Emerging reports from Mali, confirm the deployment of over a hundred military trucks conveying troops to the northern region to prevent a deterioration of the security situation there. The deployment by the transitional government was compelled by the renewed fighting…

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched an extradition process for the former Minister of Petroleum Resources from the UK. If extradited, Diezani Alison-Madueke will face 13-count charges bordering on money laundering levelled against her…

The Gambia is set to receive over seventy million US dollars in funding for various developmental projects across the country. The pledge by the African Development Bank includes financing of the Banjul Seaport expansion work and support for the agriculture…