West Africa

12 Gambians have been released from a Libya jail. According to the country’s ministry of foreign affairs, the inmates were released on 28 May 2022 without charge or condition. Sankulleh Janko reports

The United Nations Global Compact Leaders’ Summit opened this week bringing together thousands of business leaders, stakeholders, activists, and policymakers, to take action on the SDGs and shape the future. Under the theme the world we want, the 2022 #LeadersSummit…

The World Health Organization (WHO), says the death toll from the covid19 pandemic in Africa is expected to fall by nearly 94 percent by end of the year. The WHO Africa regional office citing the analysis, published this week in…

Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Kanu  Uche who was abducted by unknown gunmen last Sunday in Eastern part of the country and was later released on Monday by his abductors say a ransome of one hundred million…

The government of Liberia has signed an agreement valued at over 40 Million United States dollars with the World Bank. The money will go toward improving the sanitation situation in several cities as well as address climate change. WADR’s Darlington…

The people's Republic of China, through its Embassy near Monrovia in partnership with the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights of Liberia, has opened a two-day first national conference on the right to development.  The conference…

The indefinite ban on commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada, operating in parts of Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos begins today in six local government areas of the state. Deputy Commissioner in charge of operations, Ahmed Kotangora told newsmen that…

The Gambia government says part of the former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s local high court breed trial could take place in Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and other West African countries. This comes after reports claimed the ex-president Jammeh would be tried…

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed fears over the upsurge in armed robbery and other violent crimes being recorded in parts of the country.  This follows the killing of one of its members, Richard Badombie, by armed men in…

The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been freed after being abducted on Sunday, a church official confirmed. He was traveling with two other priests on a highway in the south-eastern state of Abia when they…

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been detailing the situation of internally displaced persons in Niger and the Government's efforts to bring them back to their homes, particularly in the Diffa region.  During the AU summit that ended over the weekend,…

The United Nations on Monday urged Guinea to lift a ban on political protests that the country's military rulers introduced earlier this month. A military junta has led Guinea since army officers led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya ousted elected president…