The National Association of Nigerian Students has given the British and the Canadian Missions in Nigeria 72 hours to rescind their decisions to stop the issuance and processing of visas to Nigerians over the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.…

Mali has received more than 900 archeological and ethnographic objects seized by American customs. Prime Minister Choguel Kokala Maiga alongside the American Ambassador to Mali Dennis B. Hankins received the artifacts including large funeral urns, Dogon burial vessel, a unique…

The European Union Special Representative for the Sahel, Emanuela Claudia Del Re says guns are not the solution to insecurity in the Sahel. This statement is in response to requests by regional governments for more weapons to fight terrorism. The…

Benin’s ex-prime minister Lionel Zinsou has attributed incessant insecurity in the Sahel region to the Mexican cartels. Mr. Zinsou analysis was based on the sophisticated weapons used by radical groups in terrorizing the Sahel region. He insists there is an…

Gambian President Adama Barrow says in his first press conference after his re-election that the country will adopt a new constitution.  President Barrow also assured justice for victims of former President Yahya Jammeh. As Our Banjul Correspondent Sankulleh Janko reports,…

UN humanitarians said on Tuesday that the international community must not ignore growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel. The alert comes as new data from the region indicated…

Nearly eight billion CFA francs or its equivalent of 12.5 million dollars has been approved in Niger to meet the humanitarian needs of populations affected by conflict. The announcement was made Tuesday by the UN humanitarian coordinator in Niger. This…

The leadership of Parliament in Ghana has set up a 20-member committee to resolve problems surrounding the 2022 budget. This follows parliament’s heated proceedings earlier this week over the proposed budget.  Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson has more details in this report from…

The 2021 African Economic conference with the theme Financing Africa’s post Covid19 development is underway in Cape Verde. The African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa, and the United Nations Development Programme jointly organize the 3-day event that began…

In Mali, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was celebrated in style on Thursday. Since December 2, 1949, the world has celebrated International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, which is the Convention for the Suppression of the…

Four human rights organizations say the suspension of proceedings for human rights violations in Mali and Guinea before the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is preventing victims from obtaining justice and reparation. Lawyers…