A group of pastors under the umbrella of Interfaith Alliance have staged a peaceful protest against the incessant attacks and killings by bandits in Kaduna State. The protesters are asking the Federal Government to step up actions against banditry with…

Ivorian refugees sheltering in Liberia are gradually making their way back home as they feel the situation is calmer. The refugees have been seeking shelter in Liberia since the war broke out in 2004 in Côte d’Ivoire. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deployed forty observers to monitor the Gambia’s National Assembly elections on Saturday.  The observers were deployed on Thursday as part of the ECOWAS electoral support to Member States. Sankulleh Janko has…

Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has blamed the woes of the cedi largely on negative credit ratings, challenges in getting the 2022 budget passed, and the refusal of investors to roll over their monies in Ghana’s economy. In a…

The transition government on Thursday accused the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) of ignoring a court order to lift economic sanctions imposed. UEMOA instructed all financial institutions under its umbrella to suspend Mali in January after the junta…

Authorities in Nigeria's capital, Abuja have removed over three hundred and fifty structures in a densely populated village, situated near the Nnamdi Azikiwe Int'l Airport. Owners of the affected buildings according to the officials, violated some sections of the Capital…

The UN envoy on Thursday demanded access to village of Moura which is site of an alleged massacre last month by local forces and suspected Russian fighters. The UN envoy to Mali El-Ghassim Wane, told the Security Council that an…

President of the Movement for the Renaissance of Burkina Faso (MRB) of Burkina Faso, Yéli Monique Kam has called on President Paul-Henri Damiba to open a debate on secularism and religious facts in the context of building social cohesion. Patrick…

In three weeks, Lomé will hold the 'Lomé Conference on Political Transitions and the Fight against Terrorism in the Sahel and West Africa'.  Preparations are well underway for the conference scheduled for April 21. Abdulahi Hassan has the details.