Former Malian rebels said they have signed a pact designed to "facilitate ties" with the ruling junta.. The former rebels and the junta signed an accord in Italy's capital Rome on Wednesday. The deal as facilitated by an Italian non-governmental…

ECOWAS Leaders at the end of an extraordinary summit on the political situation in Burkina Faso in Accra have decided to maintain the suspension of Mali and insisted on the release of president Roc Mark Kabore.  It follows an extraordinary…

The Ghanaian government is likely to withdraw its controversial new tax law, the electronic transfers levy to accommodate the views of the citizenry before it is re-laid.  The bill which is currently before parliament has courted a lot of public…

University lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has declared today lecture-free day across all government-owned institutions following its lingering loggerhead with the Nigerian government. National President of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke hinted at the possibility of…

Two days of national mourning have been declared Saturday for those killed in a Feb. 1 coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said mourning will start Feb. 5 for the 11 people who died, according to media reports.…

Guinea’s transitional assembly has held its first session, five months after the military overthrow of democratically elected President Alpha Conde. The body, known by its French acronym CNT and tasked with organising a return to civilian rule, met for an…