In Cote d’Ivoire, the newly elected president of the national assembly – Amadou Soumahoro led the first ordinary parliamentary session of the new Ivorian legislature. Declaring the 2021 legislative session open Thursday, the president of the assembly urged the MPs…

Niger republic today, Friday, marks a historic event as the troubled Sahel country witnesses the first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents. This is the first occasion since the country’s independence in 1960. Mohammed Bazoum, the president elect…

Despite Wednesday’s attempted coup in Niger, thousands of people await the hour that marks yet another memorable occasion in the country’s history. Government officials and diplomats from across the sub-region have arrived in the Sahel country to witness the swearing-in…

The French Minister of the Armed Forces continues to dispute the conclusions of the MINUSMA report on the Bounti airstrike last January. Florence Parly insists that the French force Barkhane did not kill civilians, saying the air strike only neutralized…

The Malian Association for Human Rights (AMDH), Lawyers Without Borders Canada (ASFC), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Amnesty International (AI ) welcome the publication of the MINUSMA report on March 30, 2021. The report was published following…

The Gambia and Senegal have reached a bilateral agreement on transit trade facilitation. The countries have also agreed to adopt strategies for combating transit fraud and eliminating non-tariff barriers. WADR’s Sankulleh Janko has more.

The government of Nigeria on Thursday entered into a dialogue with the executives of the national association of resident doctors NARD over the strike by its members. The doctors yesterday commenced a nationwide strike over claims of unpaid allowances and…