The World Bank, European Union and the African Development Bank will provide a $40 million grant to the Gambia’s 2023 budget. Total Revenue and Grants for 2023 of the country is projected to reach 31.48 billion Dalasi ($201 million) which…

In Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo is under pressure to prove his innocence in the corruption allegation against the sacked minister of State, Charles Adu Boahen, for using his name to peddle influence and engage in corruption. Akufo-Addo took the first…

Nigeria's Electoral Umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Northern Elders Forum have expressed concern over the incessant attacks on offices and officials of the country’s electoral agency. These concerns were raised at the Northern Peace Conference, which…

The European Union (EU) will deliver to Burkina Faso between 400 and 800 tons of essential supplies, over a period of three months, through a humanitarian airlift launched on November 11. In a statement on Monday, the statement highlights that…

The British government says it will pull out its 300 troops from the U.N. peacekeeping force MINUSMA in Mali following similar withdrawals this year by other Western nations. The early withdrawal comes after France and its military allies began withdrawing…

More Gambians have become poorer according to World Bank and Gambia Poverty and Gender Assessment 2022 reports. The Gambia’s poverty rate has climbed to 53.4 percent and both organizations say it’s largely due to COVID-19.  Sankulleh Janko reports…

President Emmanuel Macron of France has formally ended France's decade-long operation to fight Islamist insurgents in the Sahel code named “Operation Barkhane”. In a major speech at a naval base in Toulon, he said some French troops would remain in…

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has condemned the detention of Beninese opponent Rékya Madougou, sentenced to twenty years in prison in December 2021 for "financing terrorism", calling for her release. In a report on its session held…

The Burkinabe , Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela has replaced key officials of his cabinet in a major reshuffle on Wednesday. Some of the ministers affected include the Minister of Industrial Development, Trade, Handicrafts and Small and Medium Enterprises…

The prosecutor general at the Court of Appeal of Conakry on Thursday, ordered the public prosecutor at the court of the first instance of Kaloum in Conakry, "to initiate without delay, legal proceedings to freeze the bank accounts" of the…