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Heavy floods across Niger kills 24, injures 36

At least 24 persons died, while others were 36 injured following heavy flooding across Niger on Thursday. According to a press release from the General Directorate of Civil Protection. (DGPC), a total 54,655 persons were affected by the flooding in…

Senegal signs peace deal with MFDC rebels

Senegal signed an agreement on Thursday with rebels from the country’s south who pledged to lay down their arms and work toward a permanent peace in the home of one of Africa’s oldest active rebellions. Rebel leader Cesar Atoute Badiate,…

S&P Ratings downgrades Ghana to junk status

Ghana’s economy has been downgraded by ratings agency, Standards and Poors, S&P Global ratings signaling more gloom for the West African Nation. S&P rated the country C from an earlier B status putting the country’s creditworthiness in jeopardy. Correspondent, Eric…

Flooding kills at least one in Senegal’s capital

Some streets in the Senegalese capital city Dakar are inundated following a downpour last Friday. Videos filmed by affected persons and shared via social media platforms suggest huge material damage and flooding of homes, shops and office accommodations. As Abdullahi…

Ghana opposition blames government for economic hardships

Ghana’s largest opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken a swipe at the government for its consistent attribution of the country’s current economic challenges to the Russia/Ukraine war and the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing the press on Wednesday,…

Liberian lawmaker slams president Weah’s leadership

A stalwart of Liberia’s ruling Coalition for Democratic Change, CDC Dr. Toga McIntosh, says President George Weah is not capable of leading Liberia in 2023. At a news conference Wednesday when the CDC official endorsed opposition leader Alexander Cummings of…

Debate on E-Levy rages on in Ghana

The conversation about scrapping or maintenance of the seemingly failing e-levy continues to rage on in Ghana as more stakeholders continue to wade in.  A lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Economics Department, Dr Adu Owusu Sarkodie says an abrupt…