Amnesty International and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) say shocking cases of rape and murder of girls must prompt Guinean authorities to strengthen efforts to prevent and respond to sexual violence The organizations said in a joint statement on…

The United Nations Population Fund says Women and girls’ needs require urgent attention as climate shocks, conflict and COVID-19 fuel humanitarian crises. In a report, the agency noted that $835 million is needed to provide life-saving essential services to meet…

Senegalese President Macky Sall has said that Africa needs harmonized oil legislation to avoid ruinous competition among its oil-producing nations as they vie for investors. President Sall Thursday said that as some developed nations push for an end to investments…

Liberia where members of the House of Representatives have passed the 2022 national budget in the tune of 786 million United States dollars. The passage followed a report from the Houses’ Committee on Ways and Means. WADR’s Monrovia Correspondent Darlington…

The government of Israel says it was donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX program. The Foreign Ministry in a statement Wednesday says the AstraZeneca vaccines would be transferred in the coming weeks, a decision that was part…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the highest number of Covid-19 cases per day in six months when it recorded 1,424 cases of the disease on Wednesday.  The latest statistics from 15 States including the nation's capital, Abuja,…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a well-known Sierra Leonean rapper’s outrageously insulting and obscene comments on Facebook about a radio station director.  It says online harassment of journalists in Sierra Leone must stop. In a video posted on Facebook…