West Africa

Niger’s Oil Minister, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, and his Beninese counterpart for Water and Mines, Samou Seidou Adambi, visited the Agadem oil site in the Diffa region of the country on Friday and Saturday. According to the Nigerian Ministry of Petroleum,…

In Nigeria’s Borno state, at least 25 fishermen were killed by Islamic extremists. The attack took place in the remote Mukdolo village, which has been a hotbed of extremist violence for years. The rebels, who are believed to be members…

The Burkinabe military Thursday announced the deaths of 11 soldiers who unknown gunmen killed during a counter-offensive operation. Four others sustained severe injuries in the mission to recapture territories lost in the east and north of the country. These military…

Nigerians would have been at the polls tomorrow, Saturday, March 11 for the governorship and state house of assembly elections until the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a statement late Wednesday announced the postponement of the vote. INEC National…

More than seven opposition political parties in Liberia have jointly rejected the outcome of the 2022 National Population and Housing Census, which was released recently. The parties are citing concerns about the accuracy of the census data, and are urging…

In Ghana, the government is calling on civilians to respect security officers to prevent unnecessary confrontations, following the invasion of the Ashaiman community by some soldiers. The attack was in response to the killing of a young military officer, leading…

Gambia Participates, an anti-corruption civil society group, commends the High Court of the Gambia for its recent ruling on a top government official. Dr. Bamba Banja, a former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources, was found…

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has come under criticism for not addressing the brutalizing of civilians by soldiers during Wednesday’s State of the Nation Address. On Tuesday, soldiers in uniform stormed parts of Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra, and were filmed…

Mali’s transitional authorities have decided to suspend the allowances of representatives of the armed movements on the Monitoring Committee of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement resulting from the Algiers process. These allowances amounted to more than one million CFA francs…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) of Ghana has asked its sitting Members of Parliament, to suspend campaign activities in their constituencies immediately. The party has also barred its MPs from traveling to get the numbers required to fight against the…

A body of religious leaders in Mali is calling on its followers to reject the new constitution being drawn up under the country’s transitional government that maintains the principle of secularism. According to the draft document, Secularism is not opposed…

Guinea’s Special prosecutor’s office says the former prime minister and two others that are being prosecuted for alleged embezzlement of public funds will appear before a court soon. A criminal justice court in Conakry, The Economic and Financial Offenses Repression…