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Women voters dominate Niger’s election

In Niger, the double municipal and regional elections held last Sunday saw a significant participation of women in the vote.  A particularity welcomed by several political actors and women's rights organizations. Adolphus Mawolo reports.

UN boss appeals for equitable Covid vaccine distribution

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged world's rich nations to make stronger contributions to make coronavirus vaccine available to everyone on the planet. He said at a news conference that vaccine nationalism will not help the world to…

Ghana: NDC wins contentious parliamentary seat

The largest opposition party in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the contentious parliamentary seat in the Sene West Constituency in the Bono East Region.  This means that as it stands, the two leading political parties in the…

Nigeria signs MoU with Bionas for biofuel production

Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BIONAS Nigeria Limited, a Malaysian biofuel company, for mass production of Biofuel.  The project, which is targeted at cultivating massive hectares of degradable lands for the cultivation of Jethropha, a…

Gambian women press for political participation

Ahead of the 2021 presidential and subsequent parliamentary elections, The Gambia National Assembly is concerned about women’s participation in politics. The Assembly seeks to extend its arms to aid women in the country participate fully in these processes.  WADR’s Veronic…