Cameroonian officials say hundreds of Nigerians who fled Boko Haram terrorism to Cameroon have voluntarily returned to the country this week after close to a decade of being displaced. Nigerian authorities say they have prepared to resettle 5,000 Nigerians who…

Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo says his government will come back to engage Parliament on the steps it intends to take on the future of the controversial Agyapa royalty deal. Recall that last year, 15 Civil Society Organizations in Ghana demanded the immediate…

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan says drug barons are funding terrorism and banditry across Nigeria.  According to Senator Lawan, the proceeds of the illegal drug trade are used to purchase arms and ammunition for terror groups like Boko Haram as…

A Senegalese opposition collective on Saturday called for fresh protests starting Monday, following days of clashes that have left at least four people dead. At a news conference in the capital Dakar, the Movement for the Defence of Democracy —…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through the West African Health Organization (WAHO) has started the distribution of its second consignment of COVID-19 medical supplies. This is part of the regional response to the pandemic to Member States…

Mali became the first country in the central Sahel to receive its first shipment of the Covid19 vaccines. The first delivery contains just under 400,000 doses of Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccines. Abdullahi Hassan has more in this report filed in by…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the country of his administration’s drive to promote good health and wellbeing of the population particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. President Buhari made the pledge in a televised broadcast over the weekend at the…

Sierra Leone’s Office of National Security {ONS} has banned the use of able-bodied political party loyalists who were being nurtured as Marshalls. The ban comes amidst growing concern by the security agencies who say they have had to contend with…

Liberia has joined the League of Nations to receive covid19 jabs under the covax initiative facilitated by the World Health Organization (WHO). A total of 96,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were shipped into during the weekend. The arrival of the vaccines…