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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…
The road to civilian rule in Mali where a military man heads the transition team remains bumpy. Soldiers led a coup in August last year, promising to hold democratic elections in February 2022. But the regional bloc –ECOWAS said on…
Daily COVID-19 deaths and infections in Africa slightly swelled on Wednesday, according to an update by the Africa CDC. With 605 more deaths, the death toll reached 200,741, while 17,441 new infections pushed the number of total cases to 7.95…
Mozambique has been urged to investigate fresh claims that women have been coerced into giving sex or money to receive food aid in regions hit by a four-year insurgency. A researcher for Human Rights Watch says local officials in the northern province of…
Four people have been sentenced to death by a court in Cameroon for their roles in a shooting attack on a school last year that killed seven children and wounded 12 others. A military court in Buea, the capital of…
Following recent floods in the Savannah Region of Ghana, military personnel have been deployed to assist residents in the area. The floods occurred after heavy rains burst the banks of the White Volta River. Thousands of people in the area…
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Liberians are becoming increasingly worried over the alleged shortage of rice on the local market. For the past two weeks, the price of rice has slightly increased by 50cent. It is Liberia's staple food. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa reports from Monrovia.
The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the Malian political crisis, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Bamako on Sunday as part of the follow-up to the management of the transition. The arrival of…
A segment of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) is opposed to the political marriage with President Adama Barrow’s National People’s Party. It said the preconditions for the formation of the alliance have not been met and that…
Bad governance especially in the West Africa sub-region has been identified as a factor giving rise to frequent military coups in member states. The coup in Guinea comes a year after the military in Mali overthrew former President Ibrahim Boubacar…
While the situation appears to be clam in Guinea, there are fears a fallout of the military takeover will have far-reaching economic and security implications especially for Guinea’s neighbors. Liberian political analyst Dr Ibrahim Al-Bakri Nyei, explains on the line…
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