Officials of the Gambia Ferry Services (GFS) have decried the presence of fishing nets along the Banjul-Barra ferry route. According to the services, these nets frequently entangle ferries, causing damage and resulting in delays in operations as well as financial…

The United Nations Refugee Agency in Côte d'Ivoire, has welcomed over 100 Ivorian refugees who have spent the past eleven years in Liberia. The Representative of the Agency, Madame Angèle Djohossou was at the border to welcome the returnees and…

In Liberia, striking lecturers at the Government-run-Tubman University in Southeastern Maryland County have set a series of preconditions before returning to the classroom.   The lecturers recently halted learning activities at the institution, accusing the college President Dr. Elliot Wreh-Wilsons…

A 3-day meeting to promote agroecology transition in West Africa is underway in Djimini; a small village in the Kolda region of Southern Senegal.  The meeting organized by the West African Committee for Peasant seeds (COASP) and The Senegalese Association…

In Nigeria, an explosion on a pipeline operated by Italian oil giant ENI in Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria, has caused a reduction in exports and an oil spill The ENI-led joint venture Naoc said the explosion occurred at a facility…

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) is predicting a growth of 6.1% in 2022.  According to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) which recently met by videoconference, these prospects still remain…