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Morocco suspends air links with 37 countries

The Moroccan National Airport Office (ONDA) has issued a brief statement to remind travelers of the countries Morocco suspended flights with. ONDA said in the statement that Morocco has suspended flights to and from 37 countries in total. Three countries…

Benin Election: ECOWAS to deploy 90 observers

The regional bloc, ECOWAS, says its observers will be in Benin to supervise the April 11 elections.  It said in a statement on Sunday that it is sending 90 observers, ten of whom have already made the trip to Cotonou…

Nigerian, Chadian leaders meet behind closed doors

The Chadian President– Idriss Derby Itno over the weekend visited Abuja – Nigeria’s capital for a one-day official visit. Talks between Nigerian Leader President Muhammdu Buhari and his Chadian counterpart focused the dwindling of the Lake Chad and security threats…

West African human rights defender conference commences

The Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School will today convene a three-day virtual conference for human rights defenders in the sub-region. Organizers say the conference will bring together about three hundred participants including lawyers, community leaders…

Nigeria: Governors meet President Buhari over insecurity

Nigeria Governors Forum has met with President Muhammadu Buhari where they made submissions of their recommendations on how best to tackle the numerous security challenges around the country.  Chairman of the Forum, Kayode Fayemi, who briefed newsmen after the meeting…

Signatories hold talks on Mali peace agreement

The work of the 42nd session of the monitoring committee of the peace agreement (CSA) in Mali took place on March 29 in Kayes.  According to the signatory parties to the agreement, several points were discussed during this meeting.  Among…

Gov’t institutions and sand mining in Ghana

The legal or institutional framework under which sand winning takes place in Ghana is defined by several laws including the Minerals and Mining Act 475, the sand winning and Stone Quarrying Bye-Laws and Environmental Assessment Regulations. Four main organizations; the…

ECOWAS Parliament convenes in Freetown

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Madaa Bio has urged members of ECOWAS parliament to strengthen health care, rebuild economies, and identify growth opportunities in the sub-region in the post Covid-19 era. The president made this call during the opening of the…