A High Court Judge in Sierra Leone, Justice Adrian Fisher has ordered senior members of the country's All People’s Congress to be more democratic in their activities.  After losing the Presidency in 2018, the All People's Congress (APC) party has…

Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has written to Sheikh Al Maktoum with whom he signed a deal to procure Sputnik V vaccines, to refund the money for the non-supplied doses. Mr Agyeman-Manu requested the refund per letter dated August 2. This…

Taxi and minibus drivers started a strike on Monday, to protest against the maintenance of the cost of transport, and the rising cost of fuel. On Monday hundreds of commuters were left stranded as the 24 hour industrial action bit…

The 13-membership universities of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have unanimously agreed to continue with their strike despite the suit against it by the National Labour Commission (NLC). UTAG began an indefinite industrial action last Tuesday over poor conditions…

The USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the first warship permanently assigned to Africa, arrived in Lagos over the weekend as part of the U.S. government’s support to combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The U.S. Consul General in Lagos, Claire…

Health authorities in Guinea Monday confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern Gueckedou prefecture. This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, has been identified in the country, and in West…

The Gambia Refugees Association in Europe says 4,000 asylum applications by Gambian migrants in Germany have been rejected by authorities.  The association cites the rejections as a cause of concern for the group. A 10-man Gambia government delegation has travelled…

In Burkina Faso, thirty people were killed Wednesday, not far from the town of Markoye in the Sahel region. They were 15 soldiers, 11 civilians and 4 volunteers for the defense of the country. The Minister Delegate in charge of…

Senegal on Friday recorded nine hundred and seventeen covid19 infections and sixteen covid related deaths – this is according to the ministry of health and social action. The ministry in its daily epidemiological bulletin said the new infections were detected…

Residents in the capital of Mali, Bamako and surrounding towns lament the shortage of meat in Bamako markets. For several days, butchers in the Malian capital have stopped working. But according to their union, the government has not been able…