The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, says a sustained reduction in reported cases of piracy and other maritime crimes in Nigerian waters will end the regime of War Risk Insurance premium…

Residents of Tamale, the Northern Regional capital of Ghana, have been left homeless and stranded after heavy rainfall led to floods sweeping through several parts of the town. This is the second major flood to hit the town in three…

In Nigeria, the Plateau State government has re-imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area (LGA). This follows tensions sparked by an attack on Yelwa Zangam – a village in Zangam District of the state.  36 people were…

Niger’s Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou told AFP on Wednesday that an attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger Republic’s jihadist-plagued southeast killed 16 soldiers and wounded nine others. The minister said in a statement that…

A magistrate court in the Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has sentenced a Chinese man to imprisonment after he was found guilty of electricity theft. Li Shichao, who runs a mechanical workshop in the east end of the city, illegally tapped…

Exim Bank of India is opening a $170 million line of credit for the implementation of the Greater Conakry Drinking Water Supply Project-horizon 2040. The credit line is part of a $210.73 million financing package recently released by Exim Bank…

The United States, which funded the restoration of electricity to Liberia after the civil war in 2003, has decried widespread power theft in the country. According to the U.S. Embassy near Monrovia, the Liberia Electricity Corporation lost $220 million dollars…

The congestion of communities in Freetown has been an obstacle in the way of putting out fires on residential properties. Outbreaks in the city are recurrent, often resulting in widespread damage and loss of lives. In the latest incident on…