Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has said that Nigeria is pushing towards increasing trade volumes with the Gambia and strengthening bilateral relations across all spheres. Onyeama disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja as he received the Gambian delegation led…

A Ministerial meeting on “Sexual and Gender-based Violence and the Status of Girls’ and Women’s Rights during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond is underway. The meeting is taking place by videoconferencing and brings together key stakeholders in the gender sector and…

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has launched a Free Education Project supported by a Multi-million dollar donor Trust Fund.  It is the largest funded education sector development initiative, costing over 65 million dollars. The World Bank, Irish Aid, European…

The Gambia Christian Council (GCC) Tuesday organized a press conference about their stance on the rejected 2020 draft constitution of the country.  Recall the rejection of the 2020 draft constitution of The Gambia had caused public outcry as many called…

Jihadists in Mali have freed, Soumaïla Cissé, a prominent opposition leader kidnapped earlier this year and a French aid worker held captive for almost four years, in a major exchange of prisoners with the country’s new transition government. Cissé, a…

Women’s rights activists in Liberia have criticised the nomination and subsequent inauguration of Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemaya as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia.  He faces allegations of sexual harassment during his time as Liberia’s Representative to the…

 The regional bloc, ECOWAS has lifted sanctions on Mali after the Military junta who seized power in August made in-roads in forming a transition government. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States decided to impose the economic blockade…