The World Bank has provided US$40 million as a financing package to improve the investment climate, expand sustainable access to finance, and increase the efficiency of trade in Liberia. The signing ceremony occurred in Monrovia Monday.  WADR’s Darlington Porkpa attended…

Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Ado, in a BBC monitored interview, has justified the passage of the e-levy, a controversial tax law which seeks to charge a fee on all electronic financial transactions of citizens in the country.  The now passed law…

The Association of Public and Environmental Health Officers (APEHOG), under the Ministry of Health (MoH)  in The Gambia has threatened to embark on a nationwide sit-down strike for allowances exclusion at the Health Ministry They have vowed to embark on…

The Nigerian Government is strengthening its partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service, UNMAS to protect civilians from the threats of mines and explosives particularly the vulnerable population in the North East. In commemoration of the International Mine Awareness…

Ghana’s government says it is on high alert for potential terror attacks in the country.  On Monday, the minister for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, said that due to the insecurity in many neighbouring countries, the government believes that terrorists may…

The leadership of the Online Drivers Association of Ghana has declared a sit-down strike over welfare concerns.     The two-day national sit-down strike will start on Tuesday, April 5, and end on Wednesday, April 6. Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson reports.

Ghana's president, Nana Akufo-Addo, says suggestions of a military takeover in the country should not be entertained as they'll set Ghana back for decades.  The president who was addressing Ghanaians on the state of the country was responding to creeping…

The former Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has called for more women representation in the transitional justice of the Gambia ahead of the parliamentary elections. Mr. Chambas made the…