West Africa

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria loses about 26.3 billion dollars annually to various forms of criminality particularly piracy and sea robbery. Buhari disclosed this while performing the inauguration of Falcon Eye Project, Nigerian Navy’s Strategic Maritime Surveillance System, on Tuesday…

The Gambia failed to make any significant progress in the fight against human trafficking as the country remains on the Tier Two Watchlist of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report. Key among the reasons for a poor rating includes the…

The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to raise a special team of 40,000 Police Mobile Unit officers to undergo a special training out of which 1,000 of them should be deployed to every state for immediate operations.…

Ghana’ largest opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for the Chief Justice, Justice Kwesi Anin-Yeboah, to step aside from his position over a $5million bribery allegation.  Justice Anin-Yeboah is alleged to have received a $5 million…

An emir kidnapped in northern Nigeria's Kaduna state has been freed while 13 other family members remained in captivity, his son said Tuesday. The attackers, known locally as bandits, stormed the palace of 83-year-old Alhassan Adamu, the emir of Kajuru…

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo received a warm welcome on Saturday in Daoukro at the highly anticipated fraternal reunion with predecessor and former rival turned ally Henri Konan Bédié. For many, the weekends meeting marks a key step towards healing…

In Togo, the cost of the Covid test for those traveling by air has been reduced from CFA40,000 (about $70) to CFA25,000 ($45). The decision was validated by the government in a decree signed by the minister of health,  Moustafa…

Research conducted by the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST), in Ghana has shown that a majority of teachers in the country have been psychologically affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Findings from the research also indicate that the teachers have also…

Abjel Communications, one of the top 50 tech PR companies globally, has been chosen as the lead agency for the Ghana Fintech Outlook 2021, the most comprehensive mapping of the fintech ecosystem in Ghana. Ghana’s fintech landscape is evolving and fintech…

Passengers from Brazil, South Africa, India, United Kingdom, Russia and Portugal to Togo will be systematically quarantined, Togolese authorities have decided. According to Togolese health minister, Prof. Moustafa Mijiyawa this quarantine should last 10 days. Accrding to Prof. Mijiyawa, there…

The Liberia National Police (LNP) has issued a stern warning against its officers receiving monies from Liberians and foreign nationals as fine for violating protocols or measures instituted by authorities of the Ministry of Health to curtail the spread of…

Karim Keita, a son of Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita who currently resides in Cote d’Ivoire is facing extradition to Mali. Legal sources in Mali said Interpol issued an international warrant for his arrest on Monday over the 2016…