A new study released on Monday by the UN’s labor agency says fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men. In Building Forward Fairer: Women’s rights to work and at work at the…

Mauritania has banned mosque prayers over the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha set for Wednesday due to concerns of surge in Covid-19 infections. The government in the conservative Muslim country said in a statement that prayers will be confined to…

The Nigerian  government has reacted to comments by Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese in the Northwest, that only Christian schools were targeted by terrorists for abduction, saying that he spoke without facts and figures. Garba Shehu, media…

The Gambia’s Ministry of Health has announced a surge in Covid19 cases in the country as it called on people to respect preventive measures. My colleague Veronic Njie has been speaking to Prince Babacarr Sankanu, Focal person for strategic communications…

At least one more person was rescued Monday by the Coast Guard of the Armed Forces of Liberia, bring to 12, the number of passengers rescued from a vessel, which sank off the coast of Liberia over the weekend.  Search…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said the vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of the poverty cycle within 10 years can be done.  President Buhari said this Monday after commissioning the first National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) Integrated…

The President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), Councillor Tiawan Gongloe has called on the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution establishing a war and economic crimes court for Liberia. Councillor Gongloe, one of the leading advocates for…