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…

The Nigerian  government has reacted to comments by Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese in the Northwest, that only Christian schools were targeted by terrorists for abduction, saying that he spoke without facts and figures. Garba Shehu, media…

The Gambia’s Ministry of Health has announced a surge in Covid19 cases in the country as it called on people to respect preventive measures. My colleague Veronic Njie has been speaking to Prince Babacarr Sankanu, Focal person for strategic communications…

At least one more person was rescued Monday by the Coast Guard of the Armed Forces of Liberia, bring to 12, the number of passengers rescued from a vessel, which sank off the coast of Liberia over the weekend.  Search…