Malians took to the streets after the country’s ruling military called for protests against stringent sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) over delayed elections. In an interview with WADR, a governance expert in Bamako, Moses…

In our guest interview segment today, we feature the governor of Niger State, North Central Nigeria, one of the States most affected by activities of bandits.  He was speaking to newsmen after an audience with President Muhammadu Buhari where he…

WADR's Deborah Amuwo speaks to Make up Artist Fatou Jawneh who in the past year acheived the feat of being the most followed Gambian on TikTok. Jawneh talks about her journey so far – the highs and the lows.

A security analyst in Accra, Ghana is warning that any further sanction by ECOWAS on Mali or Guinea Bissau would worsen the already bad situation.  Adif Sani, is a security analyst based in Ghana 

Shiroro, a local government area in Niger State North Central Nigeria has been one of the most hit by banditry and terrorists activities in the State.  Over three hundred communities housing more than five thousand people are said to have…

International Mother Language Day is commemorated each year on February 21.  It was designated by United Nations as a day to recognize and accord importance to languages and multilingualism in order to advance inclusion and attain the Sustainable Development Goals…

The United Nations independent expert on the human rights situation in Mali Alioune Tine has just completed a 10 mission to the country. In a press conference on Tuesday in Dakar, Mr Tine examined the situation in Mali and the…

The annual Open Sahel Festival unveiled Gambian songstress Sonah Jabarteh as this year’s brand ambassador to champion the course of development through culture. The event which seeks to promote culture through uniting the Sahelian populace is scheduled for February 25th…

With a population of nearly two hundred million people, Nigeria, like many developing countries is struggling to cater to the needs of its citizens despite being the premier economic powerhouse in Africa. More than 10 million children in the country…

Anna Badkhen has spent most of her life in the Global South. Her immersive investigations of the world's iniquities have yielded six books of literary nonfiction. Her essays and dispatches appear in periodicals and literary magazines such as the New…