The Chairman and Leader of Sierra Leone’s opposition, Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray has been granted bail for the first time in over one year since his trial on rape started. In July last year, the Sierra Leone…

The Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and countries hosting large numbers of Ivoirian refugees on Tuesday signed a joint declaration leading to cessation of refugee status for the vast majority of them. The two-day regional meeting held in Abidjan also stressed…

In Cote d’Ivoire, former President Laurent Gbagbo has nominated executives in charge of preparing the congress that will lead to the creation of his new party that he announced a month ago. Mr. Gbagbo unveiled the team on Tuesday as…

The ECOWAS Commission on Tuesday embarked on a three-day dialogue and mediation training as well as consultative forum with Gambian peace actors on Tuesday. The training is part of ECOWAS’s support to the December presidential election. Sankulleh Janko reports from…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security chiefs to find tactics to solve the security challenges in the country, particularly in the North-West and North Central. The President issued the directive on Tuesday, during a three-hour security meeting with Service…

A senior advisor on strategic communication in the office of Gambian President Adama Barrow has resigned her post. Fatou Jaw Manneh resigned in protest over the formation of a political alliance between the former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and…

Over two million people in Zamfara State and environs are being affected by the shutdown of telecommunications services.  The shutdown forms part of directives handed down to service providers to switch off their services in the area. This is happening…

Putschists in Guinea released a group of political opponents of deposed president Alpha Conde on Tuesday, as regional bloc ECOWAS prepares to discuss the turmoil in the troubled country. Special forces led by Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya staged a coup in…