West Africa

In Ghana, an Aljazeera investigative documentary series has uncovered shocking evidence of gold smuggling and money laundering syndicates implicating the Ghanaian presidency. The four-part series reveals that undercover journalists posing as Chinese gangsters engaged Alistair Mathias, a self-described “Financial Architect”…

Benin has expressed its interest in security collaboration with Rwanda. During a joint press conference with Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, in Cotonou, Beninese President Patrice Talon stated his readiness to take military cooperation with Kigali. Both heads of state expressed the…

In Nigeria, the electoral commission, INEC, has halted the announcement of results in the governorship election and declared the nullity of Aisha Dahiru’s declaration as the first elected female governor of North Eastern state. According to a series of tweets…

The Gambia’s, President Adama Barrow’s ruling National People’s Party (NPP) emerges winner of the local government elections held on Saturday. However, the victory was a narrow one as the NPP lost in the two largest regions of the country while…

A coalition of political parties and civil society organizations named Movement Forces Vives du Senegal, F24 has been formed to oppose President Macky Sall. The platform, which includes a hundred political parties and civil society organizations, was launched on Sunday…

A socio-cultural organization, Igbo Indigenes without Borders, has appealed to Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to intervene in the case of former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu. Alongside his wife and a medical doctor, Ekweremadu has been convicted of…

In Liberia, the proprietor of the Jones Christian Academy in Monrovia, the nation’s capital, Bishop Emmanuel Jones, has said one of his teachers will be prosecuted for allegedly raping a teenage student. Despite rape being a non-bailable offense in Liberia,…

The government of Burkina Faso recently took a significant step toward combating terrorism by adopting a decree on general mobilization. This new decree aims to provide a legal framework for all actions to address the security challenges faced by the…

Ghana becomes the first in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University. This breakthrough vaccine is expected to benefit children under the age of three years old who are at high risk of contracting the…

more than a dozen terrorists affiliated with the notorious bandit leader, Dankarami, were neutralized by troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in Nigeria’s Zamfara State. Among the casualties was Jarfa, Dankarami’s top commander. The militants had pledged their allegiance to Dankarami…

Unidentified gunmen in Mali carried out a series of attacks in the central and southern regions, resulting in the deaths of at least seven people and several others injured. According to media reports, among the victims were two police officers…

The Minister of Justice, Alphonse Charles Wright, expresses displeasure over a recent meeting between the Prime Minister and the country’s magistrates. In a communiqué, the Minister denounced the meeting and threatened to take disciplinary action against any magistrate who shares…