Concerned citizens of Grand Bassa County are protesting an extension in the Mineral Development Agreement of world steel giant— ArcelorMittal. The company recently entered into an agreement with Liberia to extend its existing Mineral Development Agreement by additional 25 years.…

A weeklong technology fair is underway in the Senegalese capital of Dakar. The event brings together farmers, inventors, innovators, donors and policy makers. The technology fair is jointly organized by the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and…

In Ghana the Health Services Workers’ Union (HSWU) has announced plans to embark on a strike, as government has failed to review the conditions of service of its members, which they agreed to do in 2016.  The strike is set…

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Fund for International Development has announced that it will grant Togo $ 10 million in the form of loans to support agricultural integration, as part of the Regional Integration Program agricultural markets (PRIMA). …

In Ghana, constituents of the Madina township, led by their MP, Francis Xavier-Sosu on Monday, took to the streets to demonstrate over the state of their roads and call on the government to fix them.  The protests have caused disruptions…

Journalists on Monday stormed the police headquarters in Abuja to protest over the continued disappearance of their colleague Tordue Salem, a journalist with Vanguard Newspapers. Mr. Salem, who is a native of Tiv, Benue State, covers the House of Representatives.…