One hundred and sixty inmates from Sierra Leone's congested maximum Prison on Pademba road in Freetown have received a Presidential pardon.  One hundred and seventeen of them who were one death sentence were committed to life imprisonment. WADR’S Patrick Sallia…

The United States during the weekend cut 3 African countries from access to a duty-free trade program over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. Two West African countries namely Mali and Guinea and Ethiopia were those affected by the…

Spanish non-governmental Organization Caminando Fronteras says over 4,000 migrants died or disappeared trying to reach Spain by sea in 2021, twice as many as in the previous year. Migrant arrivals in Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic have increased since…

In Cote d’Ivoire, on Monday, the United States Embassy in Abidjan announced the arrival 816,660 additional doses of Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19. The latest donation through USAID, has now given Côte d'Ivoire nearly 5 million doses of vaccine as part…

The Guinean Government, through the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene has announced a number of restrictive measures intended to stop the spread of Covid-19. These measures come as the country enters its fourth wave with the Omicron variant accounting…

In Nigeria, the presidency has announced that visitors to the presidential villa in Abuja would be required to take rapid COVID tests before they would be allowed to gain entrance. The new regulation, according to the Senior Special Assistant to…

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has attributed excessive speeding on the part of drivers as the cause of the many road crashes recorded during the Christmas festivities. Data from the Police MTTD shows…

The Monrovia City Court has issued a writ of arrest for Alternative National Congress political leader—Alexander Cummings. The writ has been issued based on a complaint of fraud and criminal conspiracy by the Political leader of the All Liberian Party…