The Nigerian Optometric Association, NOA has raised alarm over the shortage of manpower in the Optometry arm of medical services. NOA National President, Dr. Obinna Awiaka, spoke during the opening ceremony of the 45th Conference of NOA where he added…

Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month. Tests conducted in…

The military junta in Guinea has appointed an acting prime minister while Prime Minister Mohamed Beavogui is absent, state television said late on Saturday. Mohamed Beavogui is a former civil servant and expert in agricultural finance, was appointed prime minister…

Several groups of Chadian rebel and political parties on Saturday withdrew from talks with the country’s military government, accusing it of seeking to destabilize peace efforts. The move, by about half the groups in the talks, came less than 24…

Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited, Mr Mele Kyari says the declining state of the country's refineries is to blame for the current fuel scarcity and hike in the price of diesel. Mr Kyari who was…

In Ghana, after nearly 24 hours of a highly contested election the governing New Patriotic Party, the NPP has finally elected its new national executives. Saturday’s vote which ended in the wee hours of Sunday, involved over involving over 6000…

The new French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu continued his West African tour on Saturday, meeting Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan. Lecornu’s visit to Ivory Coast follows a stop in Niger to discuss the security situation in…

Two bridges were blown up in Burkina Faso on Friday night by suspected Jihadists. The attackers destroyed the Woussé Bridge, forcing a convoy that was supposed to supply the town of Djibo to return to Kongoussi. They also blew up…

Mali’s security minister says six people have been killed, including two gendarmes and a police officer, in a rare attack near the country’s capital Bamako. Recall that a police station on the same road was ambushed by “unidentified armed individuals”…