West Africa

As reactions continue to trail Senegalese opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko’s six months suspended prison sentence by a Dakar court. The verdict handed down Monday, also requires the opposition leader to pay a 200 million CFA francs fine in the case…

The Guinean chief of defence Staff has come clear and open on the motives behind certain presidential decisions in recent times. General Sabiba Coulibaly who spoke during an interview on state-run television said the Interim president’s actions were in the…

The United Nations is urging Mali to immediately adopt legislation to criminalize slavery in the country. Two independent UN experts said on Monday that Slavery by descent and the resulting violence, perpetrated by supposed masters against people born into slavery,…

A new report says early thirty million people across the world and specifically in Africa need emergency food aid amid the rising food prices. The report which is an inventory of food security released by the World Bank Monday says,…

The Nigerien capital, Niamey is hosting the 15th meeting of the Regional Committee for Disaster Management in West Africa Capacity building of the body is also on the agenda of the conference that began on Monday. The participants will discuss…

Operatives of Nigeria’s  Customs Service have intercepted truckloads of petroleum products and other contraband worth over 50 million Naira on borderlines with neighbouring Cameroon. Disclosing the seizure in Yola, the Comptroller of Nigeria Customs, Adamawa and Taraba States Command, Salisu…

Burkina Faso’s authorities are expressing regret over negotiations that took place with jihadist groups prior to the 2020 elections. In a recent interview on national television, Captain Ibrahim Traore, the president of the transition, stated that these negotiations were a…

Police in Nigeria have successfully rescued 58 kidnap victims from the Udulu Forest in the Gegu Local Government Area. The forest shares a border with the Sardauna Forest in Nasarawa State, as well as other known kidnappers’ hideouts in communities…

Pascal Affi N’Guessan, the President of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), over the weekend is shed light on the significance of the FPI’s partnership with the ruling RHDP party. As James Adjapong reports, the partnership agreement was signed a few…

Mali and Niger are set to benefit from a one-billion-dollar development project aimed at reducing poverty and improving infrastructure. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said The Algerian Agency for International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development will oversee the projects, which will focus…

The Secretary General of the United Nations Special Envoy for road safety, Jean Todt, has praised Senegal’s efforts to combat road accidents in the country. During his visit to the National Road Safety Agency (Anaser), Todt acknowledged that the global…

The Ghana Journalist Association has strongly condemned an attack on a political talk show that took place on May 3, which was international press freedom day. The incident allegedly involved individuals associated with the country’s largest opposition political party, the…