West Africa

The United States Government has expressed readiness to support the Gambia’s efforts to create a hybrid court with ECOWAS for the prosecution of crimes committed under Former President Yahya Jammeh’s regime To this effect, the US will launch the improving…

A group of unidentified gunmen raided a residential estate in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja and abducted ten individuals. The incident occurred on Friday at around 11:30 pm, according to a statement released by the authorities on Sunday. As Usman Umar…

A tragic incident has left at least seventeen people dead and three others injured in Nigeria’s Kaduna State. The victims were reportedly attacked by unknown gunmen suspected to be militia herders in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area. While the…

The United States Special Operations Command in Africa announce that, joint patrols and simulated ambushes were carried out by the armed forces of Tunisia and Morocco during the Flintlock23 exercise in Daboya, the capital of North Gonja district in the…

Liberia’s journey toward a democratic election starts with voter registration on March 20, 2023. However, electoral commissions have raised concerns following the government’s decision to slash its budget proposal from 91 million to 33 million United States dollars. WADR’s Darlington…

The Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service (GHS) receives the first shipment of Measles, BCG, and Oral Polio vaccines. For months, parents with unvaccinated babies have been unable to receive vaccines due to shortages at health facilities. The country…

Niger’s Oil Minister, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, and his Beninese counterpart for Water and Mines, Samou Seidou Adambi, visited the Agadem oil site in the Diffa region of the country on Friday and Saturday. According to the Nigerian Ministry of Petroleum,…

In Nigeria’s Borno state, at least 25 fishermen were killed by Islamic extremists. The attack took place in the remote Mukdolo village, which has been a hotbed of extremist violence for years. The rebels, who are believed to be members…

The Burkinabe military Thursday announced the deaths of 11 soldiers who unknown gunmen killed during a counter-offensive operation. Four others sustained severe injuries in the mission to recapture territories lost in the east and north of the country. These military…

Nigerians would have been at the polls tomorrow, Saturday, March 11 for the governorship and state house of assembly elections until the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a statement late Wednesday announced the postponement of the vote. INEC National…

More than seven opposition political parties in Liberia have jointly rejected the outcome of the 2022 National Population and Housing Census, which was released recently. The parties are citing concerns about the accuracy of the census data, and are urging…