Leaders of the regional bloc – The Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS have pledged to forge stronger ties in order to address emerging challenges, such as the current third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its Omicron variant,…

Gambian President Adama Barrow has welcomed the confirmation of Gambian Dr Omar Touray as the next President of Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS Commission. ECOWAS Heads of State did the confirmation during the 60th Ordinary Session of the…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told an anti-corruption conference on Monday that corruption spreads through societies and erodes people’s trust in leaders and institutions. He added “greed over need, harms us all”.  In a video message to the Conference of States Parties…

Health authorities in Nigeria say one million AstraZeneca vaccines received by the country would be destroyed in line with environmental protocols. This is according to the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib. Dr.…

The Council of the European Union has amended its sanctions regime in view of the situation in Mali. The changes established new criteria that will allow the EU to autonomously impose restrictive measures on individuals and entities responsible for threatening the…