West Africa

Ghana’s National Labour Commission (NLC), has invited the leadership of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), to a meeting over the threat of an indefinite strike. The request was contained in a letter addressed to the leadership of…

Apex Bank plans to sanction shipping companies exporting undocumented cargoes out of the country.  The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emiefele read out the riot act on Tuesday at the RT200 Non-Oil Export Summit 2023 organized…

The Gambia is set to host the International Surgical and Scientific Conference at the end of May 2023. The event being organized by the country’s primary referral Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital and the First Lady Fatou Bah Barrow Foundation…

A new health report has revealed stagnation in efforts to reduce premature deaths of pregnant women, mothers, and babies. The last eight years according to the World Health Organization, had the highest count due to declining investment in maternal and…

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…