West Africa

Members of the House of Representatives in Liberia on Tuesday concurred with the Senate over the conduct of the National Population and Housing Census to be held from October 24 to November 7, 2022.  This is the fifth census to…

A group of Liberians under the banner “We the People,” are expected to take to the streets of Monrovia today, to thank the United States government for imposing sanctions on three ranking officials of the George Weah Administration. The group’s…

There are calls for the introduction of a levy in the National Health Insurance Structure in Ghana to cater for some of the costs of operations of the country’s national ambulance service.  It comes on the back of a proposal…

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, and the State Public Health Emergency Operations have launched an electronic data tool aimed at supporting surveillance and response in the country's health system. NCDC Director General, Ifedayo Adetifa, said the Data Analytic…

In Senegal, Three health workers have been arrested in the Southeastern town of Kedougou, after a pregnant woman and her baby died from a botched cesarean section. The incident is the latest in a string of maternal mortality tragedies in…

A U.N. monitoring committee is urging Benin Republic to address alleged discrimination against minority and marginalized groups.  The committee released findings this week on progress in seven countries whose records were under review. Abdullahi Hassan reports:

African nations have been reminded of the need to develop strategies to address climate change, which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said at the third Africa Climate Week conference. President Bongo said…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), The Gambia Bureau, on Wednesday launched an emergency food assistance programme targeting people affected by the recent floods. Driven by torrential rains in late July 2022, the flooding has mainly hit the suburbs…

A nun who was abducted last April in Burkina Faso has been released by her captors.  The information was confirmed in a statement from the bishop of the city of Kaya, in the north-central region. Sister Suellen Tennyson, an American…

Liberia’s Revenue Authority says there is a huge possibility of the country recording an annual revenue collection from 786 million US dollars to about a billion US dollars. Commissioner General-designate Thomas Doe Nah speaking before the Senate’s committee on Ways,…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has announced its support on the health front in localities plagued by terrorists. MINUSMA says it will deliver 1.5 tons of essential medicines to Gao every week. According to the UN…

International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday says the number of missing children is on the rise on the continent. In a statement released on the eve of this year's International Day of Missing Persons, the organization reports that there…