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Liberia: Users protest ‘inefficient’ management of port

Port users in Liberia protested on Monday against APM Terminals, saying that the company is inefficient. APM Terminals is an international container terminal operating company. The protesters cited limited manpower and equipment as gaps in the company’s operations which results…

EU advocates for electoral law reforms in Nigeria

The European Union has lamented what it described as lack of leadership in Africa typified in the non-passage of the amended electoral Act in Nigeria. Head of EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Ketil karlsen said in Abuja, that…

Liberia scholarship donor suspends program

The highest donor of scholarships in Liberia—the Joseph Jenkins Roberts foundation has suspended the awarding of scholarships to new applicants and students coming out of high schools.  The foundation blamed the situation on the current financial constraints incurred due to…

Liberia: Public schools hit by shortage of teachers

Teachers’ shortage hits several public schools in rural Liberia following a mass pensioning exercise by the government. In January 2021, the government embarked on a massive pensioning exercise affecting several schools in rural Liberia. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa has been following…

More than 300 Nigerians arrested in Ghana Police raid

More than three hundred Nigerians have been arrested in and around Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana for various alleged offences. The suspected criminals, including five women, were arrested in a special operation dubbed “Operation Storm Kasoa.” Over 245…

Nigeria shuts down ‘baby factory’

Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency Wednesday arrested a Nigerian-American woman for allegedly trafficking twins and shut down a “baby factory” in Southeast Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said the woman…