The Gambia has declared polio outbreak a national public health emergency after two environmental samples collected from the sewage sides tested positive for polio virus type 2. The sequence results showed the viruses detected in the Gambia are genetically linked.…

The transitional President of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta has justified his ascension to power in a televised address on the eve of the first anniversary of the military coup which toppled former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keït Goïta also reaffirmed his…

The UN Security council has condemned attacks against civilians in the Sahel and West Africa The United Nations (UN) body responsible for maintaining international peace and security says the success of the fight against terrorism and violent extremism in Africa…

Dozens of people were killed in a clash between Islamist militants and government forces in northern Burkina Faso on Wednesday as violence spirals anew in West Africa's Sahel region. In an attack near the northern town of Arbinda, militants killed…

The Ghana Health Service says there have been 417 attempted suicide cases in the first half of the 2021.  Deputy Director of Mental Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Amma Ampomaa Boadu made this revelation on Thursday, during a…

Health authorities in Liberiasay the country is making tremendous progress in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. Unlike previous months, there are now less than ten positive confirmed cases in the country. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa reports from Monrovia.

Gambians continue to express their frustrations over poor ferry services in the country. Passengers sometimes sit for hours before they could be ferried from the capital Banjul to Barra and vice versa. This has been the case for decades and…