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Ivory Coast: Deadlock eleven days to polls

There appears to be a still mate between the government and the opposition of Cote d’Ivoire. Opponents rejected Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko’s invitation to the negotiating table to discuss the political situation marred by a crisis, before the October 31…

Guinean embassy in Liberia vandalized

The Guinean embassy near Monrovia has been attacked by angry Guinean nationals in protest against their recently held presidential election. The angry Guineans vandalized a portion of the embassy, including vehicles as they attempted to dethrone their Ambassador Abdoulaye Dore.…

Sierra Leone defers mid-term census to April 2021

Sierra Leone's mid-term census which had been set initially to start on 4th December this year, is now rescheduled to begin on 19th April 2021. In an interview with Patrick Sallia in Freetown, Director of Communications at the country's Statistics…

Ivory Coast: Journalists targeted ahead of tense election

The Association of Foreign Press in Côte d'Ivoire has voiced concern over the incessant physical and verbal attacks and threats against correspondents of the international press. The association points accusing fingers at some supporters of political parties and law enforcement…

Liberia to conduct autopsies on deceased auditors

The Government of Liberia says it will today (Monday) conduct autopsies on the remains of four Liberian auditors who recently died under circumstances deemed suspicious.  A statement from the government said that the post mortem examination is aimed at establishing…

Ghana: Universities to reopen January 2021

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that the next academic year for new and continuing university students will resume in January 2021.  This comes seven months after schools shut down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.  Currently, Ghana’s active…

ECOWAS ministerial delegation visits Ivory Coast

Two major political figures and heads of opposition parties in Cote D'Ivoire – on Sunday received a ministerial mission from the regional bloc – The Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS. The delegation met with the President of the…