West Africa

A blue deal has been reached at the just concluded 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, with 5 pillars founded. The deal which is termed the Dakar declaration 2022 highlights 5 critical pillars which will ensure water security and sustainability…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has resumed its protest in the nation's capital Abuja, over the lingering industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. NANS President, Sunday Asefon, confirmed that student leaders at all levels…

 The controversial steel giant—Arcelor Mittal Mineral Development Agreement has backfired as Liberia's  legislature has refused to ratify the agreement. President George Weah had described the deal as one of the best, citing expansion in investment job creation among others but…

As of Friday 25th March, 2022, the new constitution of Sierra Leone's main opposition political party, All People's Congress {APC} has come into effect replacing the party’s 27 year old supreme law.  This comes after a long process to democratise…

A public health analyst and Professor of Epidemiology in Ghana, Prof Fred Binka is calling on the Ghanaian government to take another look at its decision to relax mandatory wearing of face masks in public places.  Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo…

Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is need for urgent check of the recent spate of military coups in African countries to avoid returning the continent to Cold War era.  The vice president also harped on the need to…

Gunmen in Nigeria have attacked a train conveying passengers from Abuja, the country’s capital, to Kaduna, North West Monday Night. Many passengers were feared injured while several others were said to have been kidnapped by the assailants. Atiewin Mbilah-Lawson reports:

Tensions are mounting in Monrovia due to what many describe as a series of killing without subsequent police arrests. The latest incident involved 25-year-old Princes Cooper whose body was found last Thursday. Police preliminary reports however rule out foul play,…

Ghana’s government has announced the re-opening of the country’s land borders after two years of its closure. Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo in March of 2020 closed the borders as part of measures to curb the spread of the then novel…

Nearly 600 Nigeriens arrived in Niamey from Senegal over the weekend in a repatriation operation. This follows a report in Senegal revealing the living conditions of many Nigerien migrants, begging in the streets of Dakar.  Deborah Amuwo has the details.

Guinea's ruling junta has reached an agreement with Rio Tinto and a Chinese-backed consortium to resume activities at the huge Simandou iron ore deposit. Over the weekend, the mines minister said, the agreement was reached after the parties resolved infrastructure…

The United States Treasury Department has imposed new sanctions on individuals connected with Nigeria’s armed group Boko Haram. Six Nigerian nationals who were found guilty of setting up a Boko Haram cell in the United Arab Emirates to raise funds…