West Africa

Guinea’s transitional assembly has held its first session, five months after the military overthrow of democratically elected President Alpha Conde. The body, known by its French acronym CNT and tasked with organising a return to civilian rule, met for an…

An estimated 200 million women and girls around the world according to United Nations latest report have undergone Female Gentile Mutilation, with 80% of the cases in Africa. The UN said this as the world marked International Day of Zero…

Farmers in Cote d’Ivoire said on Monday that, Over three weeks Dry weather in most of the cocoa regions has damaged the quality of beans and threatened to reduce the size of the April-to-September mid-crop. The world's top cocoa producer is in its dry season…

Nineteen persons have been confirmed dead while two others sustained serious injuries following a fatal motor accident along the Damaturu-Potiskum Road in Yobe State, North-East Nigeria. The accident, which occurred on Thursday, involved two Golf Wagon vehicles.  Speaking to local…

Former Malian rebels said they have signed a pact designed to "facilitate ties" with the ruling junta.. The former rebels and the junta signed an accord in Italy's capital Rome on Wednesday. The deal as facilitated by an Italian non-governmental…

ECOWAS Leaders at the end of an extraordinary summit on the political situation in Burkina Faso in Accra have decided to maintain the suspension of Mali and insisted on the release of president Roc Mark Kabore.  It follows an extraordinary…

Sierra Leone’s newest Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion has consulted the security sector to solicit their inputs into the draft strategic plan of the Commission. As Patrick Sallia reports from Freetown, the Plan which is a three year…

The Government of Liberia and France has signed a financing agreement to support urban development which will create job opportunities for thousands of Liberians. The project which is valued at over 10 million EUROs will target several Liberian youths within…

In Ghana, research into the activities of political campaign financing has revealed that persons engaged in illicit activities provide funds to presidential candidates to get juicy contracts in return.  The work undertaken by a think tank, the Centre for Democratic…

Nigeria’s president Muhamadu Buhari has assured the people of the troubled North Eastern part of the country from the protracted insurgency to peace and development in their respective communities. The President gave the assurance at the inauguration of the Presidential…

In Burkina Faso, the Thomas Sankara trial that was put on hold for two days at the request of the parties due to suspension of the constitution resumed on Wednesday. Its reinstatement has now allowed for the reopening of the…

In Guinea-Bissau the state radio said on Wednesday that at least six people were killed in a failed attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, as residents of the capital cautiously returned to daily life. The causalities on Tuesday’s incident…