The National Anti-Corruption Network in Burkina Faso has criticized the transitional government headed by Paul Henry Damiba.  Five months after the coup d'état against Roch Kaboré, the network notes that there has not been any change in the management of…

Lawmakers in Nigeria have stepped down a motion seeking to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the amended Electoral Act. Speaker of the legislative Assembly, Femi Gbajabiamila, had last week Wednesday given a timeline to members willing to move a…

Two former heads of state were at the Kosyam Presidential Palace for a discussion with the President of the Transition, Paul Henry Damiba.  On the agenda were the security situation in the country since 2015, the management of the transition…

A senior United Nations (U.N) official has warned of catastrophic consequences for millions of people in northeast Nigeria facing a food and nutrition crisis if the U.N. does not receive the funds needed to assist them. U.N. resident and humanitarian…

The World Bank on Wednesday said it has given the go ahead for a program worth US$2.3 billion that will help countries in eastern and southern Africa counter the effects of food insecurity. According to the bank, over 66 million…

Bloomberg says Ghana faces a looming fuel shortage as the central bank rations dollars. According to the financial data and Media Company, the rationing follows a surge in oil prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The monthly fuel import bill…

Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige says the Federal Government has been meeting with the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) over its lingering strike. Ngige said this on Wednesday while briefing the press after the Federal Executive Council…