In Burkina Faso, the permanent secretariat of the National Council for Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation says there are over 1.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Burkina Faso as of December 31, 2021. Many of these IDPs are children who…

Malian authorities say they have neutralized several terrorists including the second in command from the Macina Liberation Front Ousmane Sidibé known as "Bobala".  The Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) said airstrikes and offensives in the regions of Mopti and Ségou in…

The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission IEC has announced a date for the 2022 National Assembly elections The electoral commission also announced a date for the nomination for aspiring candidates throughout the country. Sankulleh Janko has more from Banjul.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria  on Monday arrested three suspects with a truckload of illegal drugs in Edo State, South-South of Nigeria. State Commander of the agency, Buba Wakawa, made the disclosure in Benin, the State Capital,…

Lawmakers in Liberia are divided over the allotment of a controversial Thirty Thousand United States Dollars as Legislative engagement fund to each lawmaker amid the poor state of the nation’s economy. As WADR’s Darlington Porkpa reports that some lawmakers believe…

A Spanish NGO said at least 43 migrants, including three babies and 14 women, died on Sunday in southern Morocco. Caminando Fronteras said the migrants died after their boat sank off Tarfaya with at least 10 others rescued. However, only…

Several former rebels in Chad regained their freedom Tuesday under an amnesty law decreed last year by transitional officials, according to authorities.  Twenty-two inmates who were condemned for treason were released from Klessoum Prison near the capital, N'djamena, said Justice…