Health authorities in Cote d’Ivoire began sending mobile clinics on Monday to markets and other busy areas in the country’s main city Abidjan in an effort to turbo-charge the vaccination campaign against COVID-19. After administering fewer than 800,000 doses since…

Ghana’s Military High Command has appointed a four-member committee to investigate last Thursday’s assault by some soldiers on some residents of the Upper West Regional capital, Wa. The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, disclosed the information on…

The campus-based Student Unification Party has vowed to resist the administrations’ attempt to reintroduce the e-learning semester. Recently, the University authority announced an e-learning program in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus among students but the students are…

Following multiple attacks and kidnap of several students and teachers in Schools in the Nigeria's North Western Kaduna State, authorities in the State have ordered the indefinite closure of 13 schools in areas vulnerable to bandits and kidnappers.  This directive…

In Burkina Faso, citizens of the commune of Madjoari, in the eastern region, are sounding the alarm over insecurity.  They fear that their commune is in danger of falling into the hands of armed terrorist groups.  An ultimatum of seven…

The youth wing of the largest opposition political party in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress, NDC, is staging a demonstration in Accra today, in what they call a ‘march for justice.’ The NDC is seeking to use the protest to…

The Movement for the Independence of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which advocates the secession of south-eastern Nigeria, has called for "justice" and a "fair trial" after the arrest of its leader Nnamdi Kanu. On Sunday, The IPOB leader…

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that seeks to increase the fine and punishment for illegal importation and sales of firearms in Nigeria. The bill titled ‘Firearms Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ was read for the third time and passed…

Burkina Faso President Rock Marc Kaboré, has taken over the defence ministry, sacking the substantive minister and replacing the security minister. On Wednesday, it was announced that Chérif Sy had been removed and replaced by the President. Colonel-Major Barthélémy Simporé…

At least one hundred and eighty adolescent girls have completed vocational skills training organized by the government of Liberia with support from UNICEF, EU and other partners. The training according to the government is intended to empower young women in…