Bush fire has engulfed some parts of a forest reserve at Sierra Leone's biggest water supply reservoir. Authorities say the incident may be connected to attempts to grab land along the Western Area Peninsula.  As Patrick Sallia reports, experts fear…

The National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS has delisted ten Health Management Organizations, otherwise called HMOs, for failing to meet the minimum operational criteria. Executive Secretary of NHIS, Professor Mohammed Sambo revealed this to newsmen in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Sambo further…

The Beninese president Patrice Talon has commenced talks with the country’s government unions and associations over an increment in salary and wages. The meeting, the first, of its kind began on Tuesday in the capital with the consultation led by…

Health unions in Senegal have declared a strike to show solidarity after the arrest of four midwives accused of being complicit in the death of a patient during childbirth in a hospital in the northern part of the country. The…

Lawyers representing Sierra Leone's former Vice President Alhaji Sam Sumana at the ECOWAS Community court have denied claims that their client wants Sierra Leone sanctioned. While giving an update to journalists on the matter which is still at the ECOWAS…

Four children of Gabon’s late President Omar Bongo have been indicted in France. Grace, Betty, Arthur and Hermine Bongo, all in their fifties, are accused of concealment, embezzlement of public funds, active and passive corruption and abuse of corporate assets…