West Africa

Mali and Russia have agreed to add trade and development to their corporation strategy. The understanding reached between the two countries also consolidates the change of Mali’s alliances and strategy in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel. Sankulleh Janko…

Tricycle operators in the Gambia have called on authorities to restore their operations. This comes after police halted their operations this week. The authorities are yet to make any official statement on the reasons for stopping the business. Sankulleh Janko…

The Nigerian police have arrested two men suspected of being behind the high-profile kidnapping of two dozen students and the murder of five of them in April 2021 in the northwestern part of the country,  Abdulahi Hassan has the rest…

A 16-member ECOWAS delegation on Thursday continued its analysis of the national situation in Ouagadougou Government spokesman Lionel Bilgo said the delegation led by Ghana’s Foreign Affairs minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, and the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi…

The Kaduna State Government in NorthWest Nigeria has raised alarm over the activities of terrorist groups in the state. The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, during the presentation of the 2022 First Quarter Security Report…

Lawmakers in Sierra Leone have urged authorities concerned to prioritize students from poor families when the government’s loan scheme starts to fully operate. Such concerns among others, came up during the approval of a Presidential nominee, Joseph Amara as Chief…

In Liberia, several public sector workers are criticizing the government for failing to increase their take home pay despite the passage of the country’s biggest budget. The budget was recently passed into law by the Legislature and approved by President…

In Nigeria, gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have launched an attack in the South-South region of Delta State, killing one and razing several trucks. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr.…

The Togolese government says around 15 assailants were killed during a "terrorist" attack last week in the north of the country, leaving eight soldiers dead. Togo's troops are deployed in the north of the country to try and contain a…

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum has said Mali's withdrawal from the G5 Sahel, a multinational force created to fight Islamist militants, will mark the end of the alliance. President Bazoum who made the remarks in an interview with French daily La…

Ghana’s foreign affairs minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has called for urgent international action in response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in parts of Africa due to food insecurity.  The disaster, which has been brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, has…

In Liberia, residents have decried the shortage of smaller Liberian dollar banknotes in circulation. While the Liberian currency is in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 dollars, the smaller currency notes have been scarce since the George…