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The International Development Association (IDA) will provide an additional financing of $36 million (about CFA20 billion) to Benin and Togo, to help them combat coastal erosion. The disbursement was approved on June 21 by the World Bank. Togo will use…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja – Nigeria's capital on Tuesday opened for the first ruling in the case of suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. The community court in its ruing ordered the federal government to stop prosecuting…
The United Nations food agency has warned that across the world, 41 million people in 43 countries are at imminent risk of famine, with nearly 600,000 others in four countries already experiencing famine-like conditions. In a statement Tuesday, The World…
The highly contagious Indian variant of COVID-19 known as Delta, has been detected in Ghana. This has raised concerns about the country’s level of preparedness and general compliance with preventive protocols, especially because this variant is said to be responsible…
The medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it is mobilizing to expand its medico-nutritional activities in in Madarounfa in the Maradi region of Niger after facing an unusually high influx of malnourished children in the health structures it supports…
Moja Ride, an Ivorian startup providing a reservation and cashless payment system for transport services in Abidjan, Monday announced it has partnered with O-CITY for its next phase of digital innovation and future expansion. Founded in 2020, Moja Ride is…
Five non-governmental organizations and four journalists have filed a suit against the Federal Government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja. In the suit filed on Monday, they asked the court to declare the indefinite suspension of Twitter…
ECOWAS citizens in the Gambia have narrated ordeals they encounter during travels within the sub-region. They accuse authorities of various countries for disregarding the ECOWAS protocol on free movement of goods and services. Some say border officials despite producing valid…
Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has decried the inability of nations across the African continent to harness available resources to provide home-grown solutions to their health challenges. Obasanjo made this remark at the launch of the Coalition for Dialogue on…
The German government has announced a 20 million euro for covid19 vaccine development in Senegal. Visiting German Minister for Cooperation, Dr. Gerd Muller, made the announcement Thursday during a visit to the Pasteur Institute in Dakar. According to him, the…
President of the ECOWAS Commission Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, has revealed that there have been more than 700 terrorist attacks between 2020 and the first five months of 2021. This marks a doubling in the number of attacks, with more than…
The leaders of Guinea and Senegal signed a deal to reopen their land borders. This comes after the land borders were closed last year, ahead of Guinea’s September elections. Alpha Conde, Guinea’s president, says that this was done for security…
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