The Swedish Army said 3 of its personal and members of the European special forces mission in Mali were hurt by a roadside bomb in the east of the country. The Swedish army in a statement Thursday, confirmed that the…

The Economy Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ministers have reaffirmed their commitment to effect measures to the climate measures after adopting the second commission’s Hydromet Forum report in Banjul. The report aims to improve the Regional Flood Risk Management…

Senegalese President Macky Sall has promised massive employment for Senegalese youth, stressing that unemployment is a long-drawn-out battle. According to Sall, the battle of employment cannot be won in a single day. The President made the declaration on Thursday at…

Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) says it has embarked on an exercise to shut down 49 television (TV) stations for operating without authorization. This forms part of a continuous monitoring exercise conducted on various Satellite Free-to-Air Television platforms using the…

In the Malian Capital – Bamako, young people united in the campaign against frequent power outage, STOP delestage, organized a sit-in in front of the only electricity supply company in the country on Thursday. Described as an unauthorized sit-in, security…

Nigeria’s Minister of Defense – retired Major General Bashir Magashi has lamented the state of insecurity in the country, saying that the nation is bleeding. Magashi made this known on Thursday at the continuation of the special weekly ministerial briefing…

Three abducted Nigerian students have been shot dead by their kidnappers, a local official said on Friday, three days after they were snatched by gunmen from their university in the northwest of the country.