West Africa

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi says the war in Ukraine and other conflicts have forcibly displaced total over 100 million for first time.  According to Grandi, this figure must ‘serve as a wake-up call’ for more action…

Beginning today, Monday, Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, and Dignity will hold a week-long series of activities in commemoration of Africa Day. May 25 each year, is celebrated in various countries on the continent, as well as around the world…

Chad's interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby has urged Mali's military junta to reconsider its decision to withdraw from a five-nation military force fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Malian authorities announced the decision last week, blaming the lack of…

In Mali, armed men kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali overnight, their church said on Friday. A spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses church in neighboring Senegal said the couple is in their 70s and their son…

In Liberia, several public sector workers are criticizing the government for failing to increase their take home pay despite the passage of the country’s biggest budget. The budget was recently passed into law by the Legislature and approved by President…

In Nigeria, gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have launched an attack in the South-South region of Delta State, killing one and razing several trucks. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr.…

The Togolese government says around 15 assailants were killed during a "terrorist" attack last week in the north of the country, leaving eight soldiers dead. Togo's troops are deployed in the north of the country to try and contain a…

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum has said Mali's withdrawal from the G5 Sahel, a multinational force created to fight Islamist militants, will mark the end of the alliance. President Bazoum who made the remarks in an interview with French daily La…

Ghana’s foreign affairs minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has called for urgent international action in response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in parts of Africa due to food insecurity.  The disaster, which has been brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, has…

In Liberia, residents have decried the shortage of smaller Liberian dollar banknotes in circulation. While the Liberian currency is in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 dollars, the smaller currency notes have been scarce since the George…

Authorities in the United States have jailed a top money launderer for a Ghana-based criminal enterprise. United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, announced that Fred Asante was sentenced to 108 months for his engagement…

Police in Senegal are investigating a video circulating since Tuesday on social media networks showing a man being manhandled by a crowd that hurls homophobic insults at him. The case comes amid controversy over Paris Saint-Germain soccer player and Senegalese…