Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announces the creation of a group to coordinate support for Olivier Dubois, a French freelance journalist who was abducted in Gao, in northeastern Mali, on 8 April. The group includes friends and colleagues of Dubois, the…

A defiant Kaduna State government has said the five-day warning strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), which began on Monday, will not distract it from its plan to ‘rightsize’ the civil service of the state. The state government dismissed…

Observers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc who have been in Bamako for the past 4 days have left the country at the end of their mission.  The delegation led by former Nigeria President Goodluck…

The European Union has responded to a group of Guinean MPs who have expressed concern about some human rights violations. The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Politics says he shares their concerns. Joseph Borrell says the European…

Muslims in Liberia are today joining the rest of the Muslim world in ending a month long of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Last month, Muslims embarked on the annual observance of the Holy Month of Ramadan. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa…

Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed worry over the influx of foreigners in the retailing business in the country and called for government’s intervention to deal with it. According to GUTA, foreigners took advantage of the break on…

In Nigeria, the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says the country has recovered $153 million from former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke. Alison Madueke has been staying in Britain since leaving office…