In Senegal, religious clerics have been anticipating unrest since the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This weekend, the clerics visited the home of the leader of Pastef who is due to stand trial for allegedly…

The second publication of an investigation by a US based Africanist Press into the expenditure of the Chief Minister’s Office in Sierra Leone has shown irregular cash withdrawals of over ten billion Leones or one million dollars. As Patrick Sallia…

The trial of a Liberian man accused of committing war crimes and crimes against during the Liberian civil war enters pleading phase today, Monday, after the court heard testimonies from both defense and prosecution witnesses. Alieu Kosiah is being prosecuted…

Nigeria's government says delivery of the first shipment of the covid19 vaccines under the Covax facility is underway. The first batch of 4million AstraZeneca – Oxford vaccines manufactured in India by the Serum institute will arrive on Tuesday March 2.…

In Burkina Faso, robberies in the cities of Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso are worrying residents. According to figures released by the security agencies, the country recorded Five hundred and seventeen (517) armed attacks and assaults last year. Meanwhile, losses are…

Mr. Sidie Mohamed Tunis – Speaker of the ECOWAS parliament says, the Malian Transitional government is keeping up with the agenda of ensuring the return of a democratic leadership. Mr. Tunis issued a statement during the weekend on the heels…

Some public school teachers in Senegal on Monday staged a protest over the detention of some of their colleagues. According to officials of one of the national associations of teachers, their colleagues were arrested for participating in public demonstrations. They…

Lawyers representing victims of the Liberian civil war at an ongoing trial in Switzerland of a former Liberian rebel fighter are pleading with prosecutors to give the former fighter a maximum of 20 years in jail.  Alieu Kosiah is being…