West Africa

Mali said Sunday it was withdrawing from a West African force fighting extremists. According to a statement, the withdrawal is to protest its being rejected as head of the G5 regional group, which also includes Mauritania, Chad, Burkina and Niger.…

Over 57 countries will converge in Ghana on Tuesday, for the 13th World Trade Promotion Organization conference led by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the International Trade Center (ITU). Heads and senior representatives of Trade Promotion Organisations from…

Experts have called on ECOWAS member states be proactive towards the creation of a functional ECOWAS common market. Speaking during the 2022 International conference of the ECOWAS Court, the integration authorities asked that governments show more commitment to their Community…

In the Gambia, several women rights activists have called on President Adama Barrow's government to ensure equal representation in ministerial positions in the country, describing the current situation as unjust to women. Currently there are three females in cabinet and…

Nigeria's electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has tasked Political Parties to engage more women’s participation in Political Processes. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Outreach and Partnership Committee, Professor Kunle Ajayi stated this in Abuja during a workshop…

Twelve hours after Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the country’s parliament and called for parliamentary elections by the end of the year, many have expressed reservations about the decision. On Monday, in an address to the nation, the…

Security experts in Ghana have called on the government to take urgent steps to safe gaurd the country from the growing cases of terror attacks in the West African sub-region. The caution follows attacks neighboring Togo which resulted in the…

Mali’s government claims to have foiled a coup attempt supported by a Western state A press release Monday, said a small group of anti-progressive officers and non-commissioned officers Malians attempted a coup on the night of May 11 to 12,…

ECOWAS health ministers gathered in Accra over the weekend, to deliberate on ways to combat diseases in the sub region.  The meeting brought together sector ministers from 15 countries in the sub region and presented an opportunity for the ministers…

An audio has emerged in which about 21 Gambian girls in the Middle East have spoken about the degrading conditions they are currently going through. The victims and their families are therefore calling on the Gambia government to urgently intervene…

In Liberia, advocates for war and economic crimes in Liberia have petitioned The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission to add more names of Liberians involved in acts of corruption to the Magnisky Sanction list.  The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (formerly known…

Ce 12 mai s’ouvre le sommet virtuel sur la pandémie de covid19. La rencontre se tient à la demande des États-Unis qui se retrouve avec les dirigeants du monde, l’Union Africaine, le G7, le G20 ou encore la Caricom qui réunit…