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President Julius Maada Bio has commissioned the expansion of Marampa Mines from 1.5 to 3.25 million tons of high-grade concentrate per annum. As our Freetown correspondent Patrick Sallia reports, Marampa Mines is Sierra Leone's second-largest deposit of iron ore with a…
In Ghana, there are growing calls to have the country develop its own index to assess media freedom. It follows Ghana's poor showing in the World Press Freedom index which saw the country drop 30 places to 60th in the…
Airlines in Nigeria have called off their planned shutdown of flight operations earlier set to take effect from today, May 9th, 2022. The operators had threatened to suspend services over the high cost of aviation fuel also known as Jet…
Cote d’Ivoire is currently a nation in mourning following the death of Amadou Soumahoro, president of the Ivorian assembly. Soumahoro who died on Saturday at the age of 68, was considered a loyalist of President Alassane Ouattara and an icon…
In Burkina Faso, dozens of demonstrators marched through the capital, Ouagadougou on Saturday to demand the release of Lieutenant Colonel Emmanuel Zoungrana. Colonel Zoungrana of the Burkinabe army was arrested in January 2022 for an attempted coup d'état. He has…
In Nigeria, bandits killed at least 48 people in three communities of Zamfara state, northwest of the country. According to a local government official, the bandits stormed the communities at different times of the day last Friday and killed dozens…
At least 60 prison inmates are on the run after a jailbreak. Security sources on Sunday said gunmen attacked a correctional facility in the northwest region. As Abdullahi Hassan reports, the militants raided offices and burnt operational vehicles on the…
The World Health Organization WHO says globally, reported cases and deaths from COVID-19 are continuing to decline with reported weekly deaths at their lowest since March 2020. While this is a positive trend, the UN health agency says the Americas…
The head of Liberia’s Anti-Corruption Commission— Edwin Kla Martin says fighting Corruption in Liberia will continue to remain elusive unless a specialized court is set aside to prosecute corrupt officials. He also said his institution has recovered over 33 million…
President Adama Barrow, late Wednesday announced a new cabinet after his re-election in December 2021. Key among the changes includes the Vice President and the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs and Defense. Sankulleh Janko in this report says the…
The Nigeria Government on Thursday resumed talks with Non Academic Staff of Universities over the ongoing strike in public varsities. Thursday's meeting was scheduled to weigh different options on how to permanently put an end to the incessant strikes as…
Ghana’s government has blamed the country’s poor performance in the latest Press Freedom Index Report on a change in the methodology adopted by reporters without borders. The Deputy Minister of Information Fatimatu Abubakar made this point at the 2022 UNESCO/GJA…
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