The Spanish government’s delegation in the Canary Islands said rescuers retrieved 32 survivors and one body overnight from a rubber boat in waters south of Fuerteventura, the closest of the archipelago’s islands to the African coast. One of the survivors…

A survey conducted by the nonprofit governance policy & research organization Center for Democratic Development (CDD) has revealed that the majority of Ghanaians lack confidence in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to fight corruption. 62% of 2,400 Ghanaians interviewed in…

President Muhammadu Buhari has launched another youth empowerment scheme called Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme on Tuesday.   It is aimed at creating a critical pathway for young Nigerians to gain relevant experience and create the right networks towards sustaining the…

Gambia's  health minister has accused some politicians of instigating health workers to embark on a strike. The minister says the strike is illegal adding the most discipline way is to resign. He claimed allowances for health workers have been disbursed…

Some health workers in the Gambia are due to embark on a nationwide strike today (Wednesday). They cite the failure of the government to pay them promised allowances. The strike comes as the Gambia is still responding to the coronavirus…

The government of Côte d'Ivoire has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that a second laboratory has tested samples taken from a suspected Ebola patient and found no evidence of the virus.  The tests conducted by the Pasteur Institute in…