Sierra Leone has joined 119 countries in the world including 21 in Africa to abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers in the country spent almost the whole of last week deliberating the proposal put before them by Anthony Brewah, the country’s…

Liberian Health authorities have announced the arrival of a huge consignment of COVID vaccines. The arrival of the vaccines comes after the country ran out of vaccines amid growing public interest to take the vaccine. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa has a…

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in Ghana has observed, “with concern”, some characteristics of the new Delta variant of SARS-Cov-2 detected at the institute’s testing centre since April 2021. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Institute…

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has banned post-funeral reception services and directed that, henceforth, funeral ceremonies should not exceed two hours. According to the President, this forms part of measures put in place to curb the upsurge in the COVID-19 cases…

In Nigeria, Church officials say armed kidnappers have released 28 of the over 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi, Kaduna state North Central of…

A man accused of attempting to stab Mali's interim President Assimi Goita last week has died in hospital while in the custody of security services, the government said in a statement on Sunday. Goita, a special forces colonel who orchestrated…

The International Organization for Migration IOM says a boat carrying African migrants capsized off Libya’s coast Monday, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead. It was the latest disaster in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants seeking a better life in…