Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on Covid19 has called on the authorities in the 36 states of the Federation to reopen all laboratories and scale up the testing for COVID-19. The Chairman of the Task Force, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the appeal…

Sierra Leone is currently experiencing a shortage of the Leone currency. Hence, commercial banks are restricting account holders to certain small amounts especially during this festive season. For instance, Muthala Mohammed, an entrepreneur has been told by his banker that…

Authorities in Nigeria are making efforts to reduce discrimination against Persons Living with Disability.  On January 23 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law, the Discrimination against Persons with Disability Prohibition Act. This was followed immediately, with the establishment of…

Concerns have been raised in Ghana about threats and attacks against journalists in the country. At least 4 journalists including West Africa Journalist of the Year 2020 Manasseh Azure Awuni have received various messages, demanding they cease publishing articles about…

Eleven members of the security forces, including 4 soldiers, were killed in two attacks attributed to the jihadist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, security sources said on Tuesday.  The sources said a convoy of local hunters recruited by the…

Senegalese President, Macky Sall on Tuesday called for "vigilance, responsibility and respect for the rules of prevention" against the coronavirus disease.  It comes as the country continues to record an increasing number of Covid19 cases. President Sall made the appeal…