WADR

It's you speaking!

It's you speaking!

West Africa

Ghana: Youth group close down sand mining sites

In many parts of Ghana, the perceived failure of monitoring institutions and local assemblies in the regulation of mining activities, has forced community members to act. A youth group in Sing community of the Upper West Region of Ghana has…

Togo kickstarts COVID vaccination campaign

In Togo, mass vaccination exercise against COVID-19 will begin this morning after the campaign was officially launched on Wednesday.  156,000 doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine arrived in Togo on Sunday through the Covax facility, with frontline healthworkers and most vulnerable persons…

The Gambia enters day two of COVID vaccination

The Gambia has entered day two of its vaccination roll out exercise against COVID-19.  The National Covid-19 Vaccination Program, launched on Wednesday by President Adama Barrow will in the long run, see most Gambians vaccinated with priority given to frontline…

Benin, Togo collaborate to avert coastal erosion

Togo and Benin are collaborating in order to protect their cross-border coastal space from coastal erosion. Together, both countries will carry out various reinforcement works on the common coastal strip.  It should be noted that this initiative is part of the…

Nigeria: Parliamentary workers protest in Abuja

Members of the Parliamentary Workers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday protested at the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. The workers among other things, allege that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is impeding every effort to implement President Muhammadu…