In Nigeria, the Federal Government has set a deadline of December 1 for civil servants to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced…

The government of Sierra Leone is racing against time to build the country’s first multipurpose fisheries facility at Black Johnson village. However, some citizens say the process of land acquisition raises questions.  WADR’s Freetown correspondent Patrick Sallia has the details.

In Liberia, Former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has called on Liberians to help make Monrovia a clean city. Her comments follow criticism from the European Union representative to Liberia Laurent Delahousse regarding the sanitation in the capital. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa has…

The Ghana Navy has warded off pirates who wanted to attack a Tuna vessel operating in the south of Aflao. The operation ended without any casualty to the vessel and its crew. Piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of…

The Gambian armed forces has issued a press statement dismissing reports of a coup plot involving soldiers believed to still be loyal to the former president Yahya Jammeh.   The rebuttal late Tuesday, follows media reports published on October 4th…

An altercation between civilians and soldiers has left several wounded in the city of Po, in the southern region.  Following the incident, the government says it is closely monitoring investigations by the military hierarchy as well as the prosecutor of…