The standstill in Guinea caused by the recent rise in political tensions have put the economy of neighbouring countries like Sierra Leone many of whose business people largely depend on to buy goods. The political stalemate, coupled with the closure…

A Judicial worker in Liberia, Archie Ponpon has set himself ablaze in demand of salary and benefits allegedly owed him and several other employees by the Judiciary Branch of Government.  Archie has been leading aggrieved staffers to protest in demand…

A new research shows Ghana recorded 200,000 abortions in 2017, out of which 71 per cent were illegal. It says the country also records an estimated 767,200 unintended pregnancies each year. The figure represents 53 per cent of total pregnancies.…

The Nigerian authorities’ must end their attempts to cover up the Lekki Toll Gate massacre, Amnesty International said, as it released a new timeline investigating the atrocity one week later. The timeline collates photographs and video footage to confirm that…

A Mauritanian suspected jihadist pleaded guilty on Wednesday to shooting dead five people in an attack in the Malian capital Bamako in 2015.  Fawaz Ould Ahmed also admitted to planning two other attacks in the country that year that targeted…

It’s been five years since the Gambia like several other African countries placed a ban on single use plastics. The ban became necessary after complaints of widespread pollution.  But as Veronic Njie reports from Banjul, the enforcement of the ban…