In Northern Mali, three Chinese nationals and two Mauritanians were abducted from a construction site on Saturday.  Gunmen are said to have raided the site in hopes of stealing equipment, and took hostages in the process. In a statement issued…

Ghana’s Food and Agriculture Ministry through its Veterinary Services Directorate has confirmed the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease, otherwise known as Bird flu in some parts of the country. These are the Greater Accra, Central and Volta…

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has requested the Security Council to authorise additional troops for the peacekeeping mission in Mali.  This comes after the rising number of attacks by Islamic Militants in the country Sankulleh Janko has more details

Emerging reports from Nigeria say leader of the Yoruba separatist group Sunday Adeyemo, has been arrested in neighboring Benin. Adeyemo was arrested by security forces at an airport in Cotonou – the Beninese capital late Monday. According to sources, the…

The government of Ghana has assured Ghanaians that measures are being taken to beef up security at the country’s border, as incidents of kidnapping, terrorism and trafficking have been steadily on the rise in the West African Sub-region. The declaration…

A new study released on Monday by the UN’s labor agency says fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men. In Building Forward Fairer: Women’s rights to work and at work at the…

Mauritania has banned mosque prayers over the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha set for Wednesday due to concerns of surge in Covid-19 infections. The government in the conservative Muslim country said in a statement that prayers will be confined to…