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Governors from the southern part of Nigeria have resolved to ban open grazing of cattle in their states. This was part of the 12 resolutions reached by the governors at their Tuesday meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital. Imoh…
The trial of former rebel leader Gibril Massaquoi for war crimes committed in Liberia entered a new phase Tuesday with the first witness hearings in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Gibril Massaquoi, a 51-year-old Sierra Leonean, is on trial…
Mauritania’s authorities placed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz under house arrest Tuesday as they investigate allegations of corruption, embezzlement and money laundering made against the country’s last leader. Adolphus Mawolo reports.
A corruption risk assessment report by the Community Development Alliance (CDA-Ghana) and the Commonwealth Foundation, has cited the Akufo-Addo led government for spending over US$2.1 billion COVID-19 money on corrupt deals. The report titled ‘Strengthening COVID-19 Accountability Mechanisms (SCAM)’ has…
Residents in Freetown have expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of the ongoing verification and registration exercise by the Sierra Leone National Civil Registration Authority {NCRA}. The verification has been characterized by shortage of Biometric machines and personnel. WADR’s Patrick…
Police operatives in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, have arrested 6 kidnap kingpins who have confessed to have masterminded series of kidnaps in local communities around the capital city. In this report, Usman Umar also tells us that a security taskforce in…
Nigeria’s electricity grid suffered a system collapse on Wednesday, plunging the country into darkness. General Manager, Public Affairs of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ndidi Mbah, explained in a statement that the system collapse led to the power outage witnessed…
Gambian President Adama Barrow has pardoned 57 prisoners on the occasion of the Muslim feast of Eid-ul-Fitr the end of Ramadan celebrations. The pardoned prisoners include 15 West African citizens and an Indian. Sankulleh Janko reports.
National security in Ghana has come under-fire for the arrest and torture of journalist accused of filming in an unauthorized area. Citi FM and Citi TV journalists Caleb Kudah and Zoe Abu- Baidoo Addo were picked up on Tuesday, interrogated…
Ghanaian medical students on scholarship in Cuba are lamenting the harsh conditions they currently live in worsened by a delay in the release of their stipends. According to them, long delays in the payment of stipends, the lack of access…
Authorities in Nigeria on Monday re-introduced a nationwide 12 am to 4 am curfew to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The National Incident Manager Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Mukhtar Mohammed, announced this at a news conference in Abuja. Usman…
At least 15 people died in Guinea over the weekend when a gold mine near Siguiri in the north near Mali border collapsed. The detachment of an overhanging rock caused the collapse, according to witnesses. The Red Cross on the…
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