Togo and Benin are collaborating in order to protect their cross-border coastal space from coastal erosion. Together, both countries will carry out various reinforcement works on the common coastal strip.  It should be noted that this initiative is part of the…

Members of the Parliamentary Workers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday protested at the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. The workers among other things, allege that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is impeding every effort to implement President Muhammadu…

One of three witnesses testifying before the Finnish Court in the ongoing war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi stumbled in identifying the former Revolutionary United Front commander during cross examination earlier this week. The witness, admitted that he told Finnish…

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…