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Mali announces new government

Mali announced a new government on Monday, with some of the top posts going to military officials following a coup on Aug. 18 that deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The ministries of defence, territorial administration, security and national reconciliation will…

Nigeria to increase trade volume with The Gambia

Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has said that Nigeria is pushing towards increasing trade volumes with the Gambia and strengthening bilateral relations across all spheres. Onyeama disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja as he received the Gambian delegation led…

Human Rights Watch calls for an end to shackling

Human Rights Watch says hundreds of thousands of people with mental health conditions are shackled around the world. It says in a new report released on Tuesday that men, women, and children, some as young as 10, are chained or…

ECOWAS gender experts convene meeting on SGBV

A Ministerial meeting on “Sexual and Gender-based Violence and the Status of Girls’ and Women’s Rights during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond is underway. The meeting is taking place by videoconferencing and brings together key stakeholders in the gender sector and…

Sierra Leone launches new free education project

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has launched a Free Education Project supported by a Multi-million dollar donor Trust Fund.  It is the largest funded education sector development initiative, costing over 65 million dollars. The World Bank, Irish Aid, European…

ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali

 The regional bloc, ECOWAS has lifted sanctions on Mali after the Military junta who seized power in August made in-roads in forming a transition government. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States decided to impose the economic blockade…