West Africa

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Secretariat, says its Secretary-General, Wamkele Mene, was issued with a false-positive COVID-19 test result at the Kotoka International Airport. This development comes days after Frontier Healthcare Services, the managers of Ghana’s COVID-19 testing…

In Guinea, Wednesday’s negotiations aimed at lifting strike by bailiffs, supported by lawyers and notaries ended inconclusively. The strike will therefore continue until next Monday.  Wednesday’s meeting was between the judicial authorities, the police, the high command of the gendarmerie,…

Questions continue following the death of 3 Westerners including two journalists in Burkina Faso.  Two Spanish journalists who were reported missing on Monday were found dead on Tuesday in the eastern region of Fada N'Gourma-Pama, according to the authorities in…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the end Trachoma, a tropical eye disease in The Gambia. Trachoma primarily affects children in some 45 countries around the world, including 29 in Africa. According to the WHO, around 137 million people live…

In Ghana, the National Malaria control program is requesting more financial support in the fight against malaria. In 2020, the country recorded 308 mortalities from the disease, marking a 90% reduction from 2012. However, to reach the point of zero…

The United Arab Emirates on Monday sent an aid plane containing 49 metric tons of food to Mauritania as part of its humanitarian initiatives during the Holy Month of Ramadan to assist those facing humanitarian challenges resulting from the COVID-19…

The Man who recently threatened to Kill Liberian Chief Justice Francis Kporkor over a land dispute case has been arrested by state security.   Supporters of Mark Jabateh stormed the headquarters of the Liberia National Police, demanding the unconditional release of…

Guinea Bissau’s Prime Minister has reshuffled his cabinet with the ministers of agriculture and health existing the government.  The health minister lost his job after accusation of corruption against him while members of the public have expressed disappointment over the…

New grant and loan funding from the European Union (EU) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) is expected to improve access to clean and affordable energy to West Africans in Guinea and Mali. Representatives from the EU, the EIB and…

A strike by lawyers in Guinea entered a second week on Monday.  The lawyers were joined on Monday by staff of the notaries. Negotiations have stalled as the department of Justice struggles to end the paralyzing strike. Adolphus Mawolo reports.

In Ghana, Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal, Kissi Agyebeng has been earmarked to replace Martin Amidu as the next Special Prosecutor. While the President is yet to make a formal declaration of his nomination the Special prosecutor office, the…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says Gambia's two decades of terror and suppression of press freedom still exist despite improving in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index ranking. The Gambia made slight improvements from the 2020 report, but gaps still remain…