The Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Prof. Alpha Tejan Wurie has officially launched a needs assessment study on higher education institutions in Sierra Leone. The assessment, which was conducted by the Tertiary Education Commission {TEC}, captured all public and…

Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress {APC} has adopted a new party constitution repealing among other things the controversial selection clause and separating the role of Chairman and Leader which used to be held by one individual. WADR’s Patrick Sallia reports…

There have been pockets of violence in the country after President Nana Akuffo-Addo’s announcement of nominees for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives. The announcement was made on Sunday after months of uncertainty and tensions. WADRs Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson reports

In Ghana, members of the Eastern Region branch of the Ghana Union of Traders Association on Monday, locked up several shops belonging to foreigners, especially Nigerians in the regional capital Koforidua The Traders association members undertook a peaceful protest, displaying placards before closing the shops…

Liberia has become the second country in the sub-region to introduce a digital platform for the registration and licensing of nursing students across the county. With the launch of the e-platform, Liberia and Ghana are now the only two countries…

Police in Liberia on Monday fired teargas to disperse dozens of students of the University of Liberia who had gathered before the Foreign Ministry to demand the return of their lecturers to classes. The University of Liberia Faculty Association (ULFA),…

Two trains operated by Russian aluminum giant, Rusal, collided in Guinea's capital Conakry on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several others. The world's third-largest aluminum producer operates three bauxite mines and an alumina refinery in the coastal…

Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, Nigeria’s commercial hub, has called on service personnel in the state military commands to be fully committed to their constitutional responsibilities of keeping the peace and strengthening security. He promised that the state government…

In Nigeria, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says the Government is not interested in naming and shaming sponsors of terrorism. Adesina, who made the remark on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s…

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says his country is concerned over Russian mercenaries intervening in Mali, after it was revealed the country’s military junta was in talks with the Wagner Group. The potential involvement of the Russian paramilitary group came…

4 soldiers have been killed after a convoy of the Malian Armed Forces ran over an improvised explosive device on the road between Bankass and Sevare, in the center of the country. The accident occurred “between the Parou bridge and…