West Africa

Troops of the Nigerian military have neutralized five terrorists in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a statement on Monday by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the terrorists were neutralized…

In Ghana, the Public advocacy group, FixTheCountry Movement, is leading a petition for the removal of the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, and her two deputies; Dr. Bossman Eric Asare and Samuel Tettey. In a statement signed by the lead petitioner,…

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has sent out an alert to authorities on the alarming trend of Lassa fever outbreak in the country. The NCDC, in its latest advisory, revealed that the number of Lassa fever cases had risen…

Greece led by its Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolaos Dendies donated about one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine to the Nigerian government on Monday.  Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema while appreciating Greece’s support in the area…

The Army Ranger Wing (ARW) which is the Special Forces unit of the Irish Defense Forces, will withdraw its troops from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission Mali (MINUSMA) this year.  This 13,000-strong French-led mission was created to help…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest string of attacks in Nigeria's Zamfara state by armed bandits, as an estimated 200 residents were reportedly killed. The President who conveyed his outrage in a statement described the attacks as an act…

Leaders from the regional – The Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS have imposed harsher sanctions on Mali after their meeting in Ghana’s capital, Accra. The new sanctions include the withdrawal of all ECOWAS ambassadors in Mali and the…

The Malian transitional government has reacted to the newly imposed sanctions by the regional bloc on the Sahelian state. The Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization said Mali deplores the inhuman nature of these measures whichaffect populations already severely affected…

Governor of Zamfara State, North Western Nigeria, Bello Mattawalle, has revealed that joint efforts are on to bring banditry to an end in the State.  He disclosed this when he visited some security operatives who  sustained injuries after a gun…

Diaspora remittances constituted 62.9% of the Gambia’s 2021 Gross Domestic Product GDP according to the Central Bank of the Gambia. This hits the all-time remittance inflow of the Gambia amounting to the tune of $774.6 million, registering a 31% growth…

Liberia's Ministry of Education has with immediate effect banned Haywood Mission School and Ricks Institute for gross disrespect to the Ministry over the years. Liberian Education Minister Ansu Sonii indicated that the two schools have been allowing their students to…

Enumerators in the ongoing midterm population and housing census in Sierra Leone have expressed concerns over delay of their training allowances and the failure to pay the 30% advance, prior to the commencement of work.  Patrick Sallia has more.