State and Traditional leaders in Niger are meeting in Niamey to discuss child marriage and other related issues. According to reports, nearly eight out of ten girls are married off before the age of 18, a situation the country's Presdient…

In Ghana, a private citizen has sued the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the telecommunications companies over the SIM card re-registration exercise. Francis Kwarteng Arthur, a private lawyer, is praying the High Court to stop the collection of subscribers’ personal…

Operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service on Tuesday intercepted about 1.5m tablets of Tramadol at the Lagos State cargo airport. The items were seized by officers of the Murtala Mohammed Area Command of Customs at the SAHCO Import shed in…

The International Committee of the Red Cross is sounding the alarm over the limited access to essential services, such as health care due to armed conflicts and violence in general.  In a statement, sighted by APA on Tuesday, the humanitarian…

Mali on Tuesday said that it would delay a nationwide debate on reform that the army-dominated government views as a precondition for returning to civilian rule after two coups.  The “national forum of rebuilding” was due to kick off in…

The Economic Community of West African States 41st meeting of the committee of Chiefs of staff that began Wednesday in the Ivorian capital – Abidjan ends today. The high-ranking officers are discussing the reconfiguration of Operation Barkhane in the Sahelian…

Burkina Faso is mobilizing partners to finance its development plan for the period 2021-2025. The government has announced that a donor conference will be held in early December. The authorities in Ouagadougou have put together a 29 billion euros plan.…