West Africa

The minority in Ghana’s parliament has started processes to attempt to remove the finance minister Ken Ofori Atta over the deteriorating economic situation.  The speaker of parliament, Alban Bagbin has admitted the motion to censure the finance minister, after it…

The World Food Program has vowed to support Liberia achieve its plan to end hunger in the coming years. The commitment was made by the country Director of WFP—Aliou Diongue in Monrovia. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa has a report.

Businesses have begun shutting down operations amid fear of an elevated risk of terror attacks in Nigeria's capital city, Abuja. This followed warnings by the United States embassies and others about a planned terror attack on government buildings, places of…

Mali’s transition President, Colonel Assimi Goïta on Thursday received the President of the Independent High-Level Panel on Security and Development in the Sahel and the former President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou. According to reports, the discussions focused mainly on security,…

Mali has been defending its commitment to the fight against terrorism. At the forum for Peace and Security in Africa in Dakar, the head of Mali’s diplomacy replied curtly to the representative of the French government who accused the current…

The speaker of Ghana’s parliament has deferred to the plenary, the ruling on whether or not Dome Kwabenya’s legislator, Sarah Adwoa Safo’s seat be declared vacant.  There has been clamour for the legislator to lose her seat having abandoned parliamentary…

Long queues have returned to fuel stations in Lagos, Abuja and other Nigerian cities following a scarcity of petroleum products. Confirming the development, the National Operations Controller, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Mr. Mike Osatuyi, attributed the scarcity…

The National Assembly of the Gambia held the third Extraordinary Session of the year 2022 on public health emergency-Acute Kidney Injury The members debated on the Acute Health Injury that is linked to the death of at least 70 children.…

The government of Liberia has signed an agreement with the African Power Pool –TRANSCO CLSG interconnection line for the supply of stable and affordable electricity for its citizens. The signing which was done Wednesday in the Ivorian Capital—Abidjan comes after…

The Republic of Niger has been ranked 109 out of 140 countries globally on observance of rule of law, rising two positions since last year, according to the latest Rule of Law Index rankings released Wednesday.  Regionally, Niger rank  18th…

An abrupt increment in calls and data tariff has sparked mixed feelings among citizens. In the last few days Liberians have witnessed a drastic reduction in tariff of calls and internet data without any prior notice from mobile phone operators.…

Cancer motility in Liberia is said to be on the rise especially among women. According to the country’s Director of Nutrition—Annette Brima Davis, statistics show that more women are dying due to cancer than their male counterparts.