The Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mohamed Sidie Tunis, has called on Attorney generals in member states to organize an urgent meeting to put an end to what he described as an…

Ghana's veterinary services directorate has revealed that 2 more farms in the Ashante region have recorded cases of avian influenza known as bird flu. This latest development is coming after Ghana's Ministry of food and agriculture in July announced that…

The Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action said 572 new COVID-19 infections and 19 covid related deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. The ministry in its daily bulletin on evolution of the disease in the country Wednesday…

The World Health Organization WHO says it will soon test three drugs used for other diseases to see if they might help patients sickened by the coronavirus. The U.N. health agency says the three drugs chosen by an independent panel…

Liberian Health authorities are on high alert following the discovery of two Cases of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever in neighboring Guinea, close to the borders with Liberia. This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes hemorrhagic fever,…

The Sokoto State Ministry of Health in the northeast says 24 persons in a single household died as a result of food poisoning, The victims were residents of Danzanke village of Bargaja Ward of Isa Local Government area of the…

The Nigerien army is expected to set up an air base in Diffa in the southeast of Niger. This region has been for several years the target of deadly attacks by the Boko Haram group from neighboring Nigeria. The decision…

Suspected jihadists massacred more than 40 civilians in northern Mali and killed 12 troops in an ambush in neighbouring Burkina Faso, officials said Monday, highlighting the security crisis gripping the two fragile states. More than 40 people were killed on…