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Niger launches campaign to return IDPs to their homes

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been detailing the situation of internally displaced persons in Niger and the Government's efforts to bring them back to their homes, particularly in the Diffa region.  During the AU summit that ended over the weekend,…

UN report links Mali army to rise in rights abuses

The UN’s Malian mission, MINUSMA, says civilian deaths and rights abuses attributable to the Malian armed forces and backed by “foreign military elements” surged in the first quarter of 2022. According to a report released on Monday, there was a…

Sierra Leone government releases summary of census result

The process employed over 15000 enumerators across the country using a 100% digital based system with its cartography validated internationally. Localities, wards, chiefdoms, districts, and regional populations were all embedded in the provisional result which has been released today Tuesday…

Liberia, World Bank sign $40 million budget support

The government of Liberia has signed an agreement valued at over 40 Million United States dollars with the World Bank. The money will go toward improving the sanitation situation in several cities as well as address climate change. WADR’s Darlington…

Nigeria: Ban of commercial motorcycles begins in Lagos

The indefinite ban on commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada, operating in parts of Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos begins today in six local government areas of the state. Deputy Commissioner in charge of operations, Ahmed Kotangora told newsmen that…

AU summit ends in Malabo with calls for an AU army

African heads of State closed the two-Day extraordinary summit in Malabo on Saturday, with leaders pointing out that terrorism, bad governance, and coups d'état could have causal links and aggravate the humanitarian crises that plague the continent. The leaders equally…