West Africa

An Irish citizen has been held in prison for three years without trial in Togo, with the Department of Foreign Affairs now urging the Togolese authorities to protect him and investigate allegations he has been tortured. Abdoul-Aziz Goma (52), who…

Ghana’s Covid-19 infections have reached a record high, with over 1,320 cases in one day taking active cases to nearly 6,400. According to health experts, the country has now officially entered the fourth wave. Meanwhile, popular Jamaican dancehall artiste, Anthony Moses…

Opposition political parties in Guinea are calling on the transitional government headed by coup leader colonel Mamadi Doumbouya to release the timetable for presidential elections without delay. The call is coming days after Prime Minister Mohamed Beavougi released the transition roadmap…

The second phase of the national dialogue on the re-foundation of the state is underway in Mali. This second phase of the dialogue will last for four days and aims to return the country to civilian rule following the country’s…

The Gambia has dispatched 200 soldiers to Turkey for a three month training. This comes after another 300 soldiers returned home from a similar training in Turkey. Sankulleh Janko has more in this report from Banjul.

The extraordinary session of the People's National Assembly in Guinea Bissau will convene today, Wednesday in the capital, Bissau. The session, which was due to take place this Tuesday, 28 December 2021, was postponed at the request of Prime Minister…

Head of a State Emergency Management Agency in Nigeria's capital, has called for a review of the country's Fire Service Act of 1963 saying the Act is out of tune with current realities.   This followed a recent fire outbreak…

Health authorities in Guinea are intensifying efforts to vaccinate at least 40 percent of the population before the end of the year. So far, 20 percent of people living in the country have been vaccinated. In the past few weeks,…

Burkina Faso began two days of mourning on Sunday after 41 people died in the latest attack by suspected jihadists in the troubled and largely unprotected north. A bloody six-year-long jihadist campaign has claimed around 2,000 lives and forced 1.4…

A US ban imposed on several southern African nations, including South Africa where the Covid-19 omicron variant was first detected, will be lifted next week, according to a White House official. On Saturday, White House assistant press secretary Kevin Munoz…

A former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, and two others have been charged for allegedly causing financial loss to the state. Cassiel Ato Forson, a former Chief Director of the Ministry of Health; Sylvester Anemana, and a businessman; Richard…

In Benin, controversy is growing over a report by the national human rights commission. The document provides information on the violence that took place during the presidential elections last April. The authorities had totally rejected reports accusing the army of…