West Africa

Benin and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on a new 42-month extended credit facility. The international money lender in a statement said the over three years credit facility is worth 658 million US dollars. IMF…

Lawmakers in Niger have approved a bill that will allow the deployment of European special forces under the aegis of Takuba into the country. This approval by the assembly comes despite opposition by some political parties and civil society groups…

Health unions in Senegal have declared a strike to show solidarity after the arrest of four midwives accused of being complicit in the death of a patient during childbirth in a hospital in the northern part of the country. The…

Lawyers representing Sierra Leone's former Vice President Alhaji Sam Sumana at the ECOWAS Community court have denied claims that their client wants Sierra Leone sanctioned. While giving an update to journalists on the matter which is still at the ECOWAS…

Four children of Gabon’s late President Omar Bongo have been indicted in France. Grace, Betty, Arthur and Hermine Bongo, all in their fifties, are accused of concealment, embezzlement of public funds, active and passive corruption and abuse of corporate assets…

Victims’ families of Bai Lowe, an alleged member of the Gambia Death Squad under former President Yahya Jammeh have reiterated calls for justice ahead of his trial in Germany next week. They made the call during a virtual media and…

The Nigerien opposition is demanding a referendum to decide whether or not the Barkhane and Takuba forces will come to the country. The Cap 20-21 Coalition lead by Mahamane Ousmane on Thursday denounced the procedure that the government intends to…

The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s explosion that it said killed and injured at least 30 people in Nigeria’s Taraba state The attack occurred in the rural town of Iware, at market where…

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has directed all security agencies to deploy all operational and intelligence elements to rescue all kidnapped persons and immediately quell the security crisis in the country. The president gave the directive on Thursday when he met with heads of…

Trainee teachers in Ghana are to begin feeding themselves following a directive from the country’s principals of colleges of education.  It follows the inability of the colleges of education, the schools responsible for training basic school teachers, to make payments…

The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities of Nigeria has appealed to the government to create a more disability-inclusive society. James Lalu, Executive Secretary of the Commission made the appeal at the regional meeting of experts on disability inclusion in…

The reappointed Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi has unveiled his new team. Achi unveiled the team on Wednesday, just a week after the resignation of the previous cabinet. Abdullahi Hassan has the rest of the details.